diff --git a/component/coreutils/buildout.cfg b/component/coreutils/buildout.cfg
index cde9896e714f9bc4dbc9137df0201c3844335cb5..6bd2877a88b9ef5db84511fb8b7e9d2307a0861e 100644
--- a/component/coreutils/buildout.cfg
+++ b/component/coreutils/buildout.cfg
@@ -1,25 +1,15 @@
 [buildout]
+extends =
+  ../xz-utils/buildout.cfg
 parts =
   coreutils
 
-[coreutils-drop.gets.patch]
-recipe = hexagonit.recipe.download
-url = ${:_profile_base_location_}/${:filename}
-md5sum = 63c2299d92d23e4748abb9668b7e62ea
-download-only = true
-filename = drop.gets.patch
-
 [coreutils]
-virtual-depends = ${coreutils-drop.gets.patch:md5sum}
 recipe = hexagonit.recipe.cmmi
-url = http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.12.tar.gz
-md5sum = fce7999953a67243d00d75cc86dbcaa6
-
-patch-options = -p1
-patches =
-  ${coreutils-drop.gets.patch:location}/${coreutils-drop.gets.patch:filename}
-
+url = http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.20.tar.xz
+md5sum = 3d69af8f561fce512538a9fe85f147ff
 configure-options =
   --prefix=${buildout:parts-directory}/${:_buildout_section_name_} --enable-install-program=tr,basename,uname,cat,cp,ls
 environment =
+  PATH=${xz-utils:location}/bin:%(PATH)s
   LDFLAGS =-Wl,--as-needed
diff --git a/component/coreutils/drop.gets.patch b/component/coreutils/drop.gets.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 58bb441952a02ccf1ea7edf8b1ae14db2757bfb4..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/component/coreutils/drop.gets.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff -ur coreutils-8.12.old/lib/stdio.in.h coreutils-8.12/lib/stdio.in.h
---- coreutils-8.12.old/lib/stdio.in.h	2011-04-25 11:01:29.000000000 +0200
-+++ coreutils-8.12/lib/stdio.in.h	2012-07-23 16:02:17.591610452 +0200
-@@ -181,7 +181,9 @@
-    so any use of gets warrants an unconditional warning.  Assume it is
-    always declared, since it is required by C89.  */
- #undef gets
-+#if defined(__GLIBC__) && !defined(__UCLIBC__) && !__GLIBC_PREREQ(2, 16)
- _GL_WARN_ON_USE (gets, "gets is a security hole - use fgets instead");
-+#endif
- 
- #if @GNULIB_FOPEN@
- # if @REPLACE_FOPEN@