diff --git a/pkgs/games/stardust/default.nix b/pkgs/games/stardust/default.nix
index c7ee0df6a7a3..aa68da6b73d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/stardust/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/stardust/default.nix
@@ -1,62 +1,31 @@
-x@{builderDefsPackage
-  , zlib, libtiff, libxml2, SDL, xproto, libX11, libXi, inputproto, libXmu
-  , libXext, xextproto, mesa
-  , ...}:
-builderDefsPackage
-(a :  
-let 
-  helperArgNames = ["stdenv" "fetchurl" "builderDefsPackage"] ++ 
-    [];
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, zlib, libtiff, libxml2, SDL, xproto, libX11
+, libXi, inputproto, libXmu, libXext, xextproto, mesa }:
 
-  buildInputs = map (n: builtins.getAttr n x)
-    (builtins.attrNames (builtins.removeAttrs x helperArgNames));
-  sourceInfo = rec {
-    baseName="stardust";
-    version="0.1.13";
-    name="${baseName}-${version}";
-    url="http://iwar.free.fr/IMG/gz/${name}.tar.gz";
-    hash="19rs9lz5y5g2yiq1cw0j05b11digw40gar6rw8iqc7bk3s8355xp";
-  };
-in
-rec {
-  src = a.fetchurl {
-    url = sourceInfo.url;
-    sha256 = sourceInfo.hash;
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "stardust-${version}";
+  version = "0.1.13";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://iwar.free.fr/IMG/gz/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "19rs9lz5y5g2yiq1cw0j05b11digw40gar6rw8iqc7bk3s8355xp";
   };
 
-  inherit (sourceInfo) name version;
-  inherit buildInputs;
-
-  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
-  phaseNames = ["doConfigure" "fixPaths" "doMakeInstall"];
-
-  configureFlags = [
-    "--bindir=$out/bin"
-    "--datadir=$out/share"
-  ];
-  
-  makeFlags = [
-    "bindir=$out/bin"
-    "datadir=$out/share"
+  buildInputs = [
+    zlib libtiff libxml2 SDL xproto libX11 libXi inputproto
+    libXmu libXext xextproto mesa
   ];
 
-  fixPaths = a.fullDepEntry (''
-    sed -e "s@#define PACKAGE .*@#define PACKAGE \"stardust\"@" -i config.h
-  '') ["minInit"];
+  installFlags = [ "bindir=\${out}/bin" ];
 
-  meta = {
+  postConfigure = ''
+    substituteInPlace config.h \
+      --replace '#define PACKAGE ""' '#define PACKAGE "stardust"'
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Space flight simulator";
-    maintainers = with a.lib.maintainers;
-    [
-      raskin
-    ];
-    platforms = with a.lib.platforms;
-      linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.raskin ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
   };
-  passthru = {
-    updateInfo = {
-      downloadPage = "http://iwar.free.fr/article.php3?id_article=6";
-    };
-  };
-}) x
-
+}