diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/geany/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/geany/default.nix
index ed77e6f4b471..24954a602ccc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/geany/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/geany/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       - Plugin interface
     '';
     homepage = https://www.geany.org/;
-    license = "GPL";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [];
     platforms = platforms.all;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/geany/with-vte.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/geany/with-vte.nix
index 7689ebad0f01..ac35560c7f63 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/geany/with-vte.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/geany/with-vte.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { runCommand, makeWrapper, geany, gnome2 }:
 let name = builtins.replaceStrings ["geany-"] ["geany-with-vte-"] geany.name;
 in
-runCommand "${name}" { nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ]; } "
+runCommand "${name}" { nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ]; inherit (geany.meta); } "
    mkdir -p $out
    ln -s ${geany}/share $out
    makeWrapper ${geany}/bin/geany $out/bin/geany --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${gnome2.vte}/lib