diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/sweethome3d/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/sweethome3d/default.nix
index afbf5b364ed4..2f0a58b8e425 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/sweethome3d/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/sweethome3d/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchsvn, makeWrapper, makeDesktopItem, jdk, jre, ant
-, gtk3, gsettings-desktop-schemas, p7zip, libXxf86vm }:
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, fetchsvn
+, makeWrapper
+, makeDesktopItem
+# sweethome3d 6.4.2 does not yet build with jdk 9 and later.
+# this is fixed on trunk (7699?) but let's build with jdk8 until then.
+, jdk8
+# it can run on the latest stable jre fine though
+, jre
+, ant
+, gtk3
+, gsettings-desktop-schemas
+, p7zip
+, libXxf86vm
+}:
 
 let
 
@@ -27,23 +42,29 @@ let
       categories = "Graphics;2DGraphics;3DGraphics;";
     };
 
-    patchPhase = ''
+    postPatch = ''
       patchelf --set-rpath ${libXxf86vm}/lib lib/java3d-1.6/linux/amd64/libnativewindow_awt.so
       patchelf --set-rpath ${libXxf86vm}/lib lib/java3d-1.6/linux/amd64/libnativewindow_x11.so
       patchelf --set-rpath ${libXxf86vm}/lib lib/java3d-1.6/linux/i586/libnativewindow_awt.so
       patchelf --set-rpath ${libXxf86vm}/lib lib/java3d-1.6/linux/i586/libnativewindow_x11.so
     '';
 
-    buildInputs = [ ant jdk makeWrapper p7zip gtk3 gsettings-desktop-schemas ];
+    buildInputs = [ ant jdk8 makeWrapper p7zip gtk3 gsettings-desktop-schemas ];
 
     buildPhase = ''
+      runHook preBuild
+
       ant furniture textures help
       mkdir -p $out/share/{java,applications}
       mv "build/"*.jar $out/share/java/.
       ant
+
+      runHook postBuild
     '';
 
     installPhase = ''
+      runHook preInstall
+
       mkdir -p $out/bin
       cp install/${module}-${version}.jar $out/share/java/.
 
@@ -59,6 +80,8 @@ let
         --set MESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE 2.1 \
         --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$XDG_ICON_DIRS:${gtk3.out}/share:${gsettings-desktop-schemas}/share:$out/share:$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH" \
         --add-flags "-Dsun.java2d.opengl=true -jar $out/share/java/${module}-${version}.jar -cp $out/share/java/Furniture.jar:$out/share/java/Textures.jar:$out/share/java/Help.jar -d${toString stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.cpu.bits}"
+
+      runHook postInstall
     '';
 
     dontStrip = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/sweethome3d/editors.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/sweethome3d/editors.nix
index 08bc5b90fd9c..a008b49ba718 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/sweethome3d/editors.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/sweethome3d/editors.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchcvs, makeWrapper, makeDesktopItem, jdk, jre, ant
-, gtk3, gsettings-desktop-schemas, sweethome3dApp }:
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchcvs
+, makeWrapper
+, makeDesktopItem
+# sweethome3d 6.4.2 does not yet build with jdk 9 and later.
+# this is fixed on trunk (7699?) but let's build with jdk8 until then.
+, jdk8
+# it can run on the latest stable jre fine though
+, jre
+, ant
+, gtk3
+, gsettings-desktop-schemas
+, sweethome3dApp }:
 
 let
 
@@ -23,15 +35,19 @@ let
       categories = "Graphics;2DGraphics;3DGraphics;";
     };
 
-    buildInputs = [ ant jre jdk makeWrapper gtk3 gsettings-desktop-schemas ];
+    buildInputs = [ ant jdk8 makeWrapper gtk3 gsettings-desktop-schemas ];
 
-    patchPhase = ''
+    postPatch = ''
       sed -i -e 's,../SweetHome3D,${application.src},g' build.xml
       sed -i -e 's,lib/macosx/java3d-1.6/jogl-all.jar,lib/java3d-1.6/jogl-all.jar,g' build.xml
     '';
 
     buildPhase = ''
-      ant -lib ${application.src}/libtest -lib ${application.src}/lib -lib ${jdk}/lib
+      runHook preBuild
+
+      ant -lib ${application.src}/libtest -lib ${application.src}/lib -lib ${jdk8}/lib
+
+      runHook postBuild
     '';
 
     installPhase = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9edb546f7969..1c5b8c879b7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -24948,16 +24948,12 @@ in
 
   linuxstopmotion = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/video/linuxstopmotion { };
 
-  sweethome3d = recurseIntoAttrs (  (callPackage ../applications/misc/sweethome3d {
-    jre = jre8; # TODO: remove override https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/89731
-    jdk = jdk8; # TODO: remove override https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/89731
-  })
-                                 // (callPackage ../applications/misc/sweethome3d/editors.nix {
-                                      jre = jre8; # TODO: remove override https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/89731
-                                      jdk = jdk8; # TODO: remove override https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/89731
-                                      sweethome3dApp = sweethome3d.application;
-                                    })
-                                 );
+  sweethome3d = recurseIntoAttrs (
+    (callPackage ../applications/misc/sweethome3d { }) //
+    (callPackage ../applications/misc/sweethome3d/editors.nix {
+      sweethome3dApp = sweethome3d.application;
+    })
+  );
 
   swingsane = callPackage ../applications/graphics/swingsane { };