diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/toolbuslib/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/toolbuslib/builder.sh
index 5a224b5498f7..7c28663f38cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/toolbuslib/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/toolbuslib/builder.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-buildinputs="$aterm"
-. $stdenv/setup || exit 1
-
-tar zxf $src || exit 1
-cd toolbuslib-* || exit 1
-./configure --prefix=$out --with-aterm=$aterm || exit 1
-make install || exit 1
+. $stdenv/setup
+configureFlags="--with-aterm=$aterm"
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/toolbuslib/toolbuslib-0.5.1.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/toolbuslib/toolbuslib-0.5.1.nix
index 7422b294cff6..a494799587a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/toolbuslib/toolbuslib-0.5.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/toolbuslib/toolbuslib-0.5.1.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, aterm}: derivation {
+{stdenv, fetchurl, aterm}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "toolbuslib-0.5.1";
-  system = stdenv.system;
   builder = ./builder.sh;
   src = fetchurl {
     url = http://www.cwi.nl/projects/MetaEnv/toolbuslib/toolbuslib-0.5.1.tar.gz;
     md5 = "1c7c7cce870f813bef60bbffdf061c90";
   };
-  stdenv = stdenv;
-  aterm = aterm;
+  buildInputs = [aterm];
 }
+