diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dbus-broker/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dbus-broker/default.nix
index c97f1b54622a..5d0728b7e240 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dbus-broker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dbus-broker/default.nix
@@ -17,13 +17,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ dbus glib linuxHeaders systemd ];
 
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  prePatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace meson.build \
-      --replace "dep_systemd.get_pkgconfig_variable('systemdsystemunitdir')" "'$out/lib/systemd/system'" \
-      --replace "dep_systemd.get_pkgconfig_variable('systemduserunitdir')"   "'$out/lib/systemd/user'"
-  '';
+  PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEMD_SYSTEMDSYSTEMUNITDIR = "${placeholder "out"}/lib/systemd/system";
+  PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEMD_SYSTEMDUSERUNITDIR = "${placeholder "out"}/lib/systemd/user";
 
   postInstall = ''
     install -Dm644 ../README $out/share/doc/dbus-broker/README
@@ -32,8 +27,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       -e 's,^ExecReload.*busctl,ExecReload=${systemd}/bin/busctl,'
   '';
 
-  checkPhase = "ninja test";
-
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {