diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/sdf-support/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/sdf-support/builder.sh
index 8e0c8537dafb..b366ccb79097 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/sdf-support/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/sdf-support/builder.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-buildinputs="$aterm $ptsupport $toolbuslib"
-. $stdenv/setup || exit 1
-
-tar zxf $src || exit 1
-cd sdf-support-* || exit 1
-./configure --prefix=$out --with-aterm=$aterm --with-toolbuslib=$toolbuslib --with-pt-support=$ptsupport || exit 1
-make install || exit 1
+. $stdenv/setup
+configureFlags="--with-aterm=$aterm --with-toolbuslib=$toolbuslib --with-pt-support=$ptsupport"
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/sdf-support/sdf-support-2.0.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/sdf-support/sdf-support-2.0.nix
index 8764ececa77b..4b314887a914 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/sdf-support/sdf-support-2.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/sdf-support/sdf-support-2.0.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, aterm, toolbuslib, ptsupport}: derivation {
+{stdenv, fetchurl, aterm, toolbuslib, ptsupport}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "sdf-support-2.0";
-  system = stdenv.system;
   builder = ./builder.sh;
   src = fetchurl {
     url = http://www.cwi.nl/projects/MetaEnv/sdf-support/sdf-support-2.0.tar.gz;
     md5 = "2987b89ed1d73e34e128b895ff44264c";
   };
-  stdenv = stdenv;
-  aterm = aterm;
-  ptsupport = ptsupport;
-  toolbuslib = toolbuslib;
+  inherit stdenv aterm ptsupport toolbuslib;
+  buildInputs = [stdenv aterm ptsupport toolbuslib];
 }