diff --git a/component/bison/buildout.cfg b/component/bison/buildout.cfg
index 1fe3c80f310448029cf66b4b935e2bbe5aea00ba..abf8d8b28cd5893dcaa3842ae603c9bb2778161b 100644
--- a/component/bison/buildout.cfg
+++ b/component/bison/buildout.cfg
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 [buildout]
 extends =
   ../m4/buildout.cfg
+  ../xz-utils/buildout.cfg
 parts =
   bison
 
 [bison]
-patch-options = -p1
-patches =
-  ${:_profile_base_location_}/bison-drop.gets.patch#ac06cbaa298ac686d0b0c04bc03e6ad8
-
 recipe = slapos.recipe.cmmi
-url = http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/bison-2.5.tar.bz2
-md5sum = 9dba20116b13fc61a0846b0058fbe004
+url = http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/bison-3.0.2.tar.xz
+md5sum = 146be9ff9fbd27497f0bf2286a5a2082
 environment =
   M4=${m4:location}/bin/m4
+  PATH=${xz-utils:location}/bin:%(PATH)s