diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/carrier/2.5.0.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/carrier/2.5.0.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 7368a884214..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/carrier/2.5.0.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-args @ { fetchurl, stdenv, pkgconfig, perl, perlXMLParser, libxml2, openssl, nss
-, gtkspell, aspell, gettext, ncurses, avahi, dbus, dbus_glib, python
-, libtool, automake, autoconf, gstreamer
-, gtk, glib
-, libXScrnSaver, scrnsaverproto, libX11, xproto, kbproto, ... }: with args;
-/*
-  arguments: all buildInputs
-  optional: purple2Source: purple-2 source - place to copy libpurple from
-    (to use a fresher pidgin build)
-*/
-let
-  externalPurple2 = (lib.attrByPath ["purple2Source"] null args) != null;
-in
-rec {
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://sourceforge/funpidgin/carrier-2.5.0.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "0m80s7hnvz5vc2dy3xiy1zfb6incmb7p28zahzxdif2vz44riz28";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [gtkspell aspell
-    gstreamer startupnotification
-    libxml2 openssl nss
-    libXScrnSaver ncurses scrnsaverproto
-    libX11 xproto kbproto GConf avahi
-    dbus dbus_glib glib python
-    autoconf libtool automake];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    pkgconfig gtk perl perlXMLParser gettext
-  ];
-
-  configureFlags="--with-nspr-includes=${nss}/include/nspr"
-    + " --with-nspr-libs=${nss}/lib --with-nss-includes=${nss}/include/nss"
-    + " --with-nss-libs=${nss}/lib --with-ncurses-headers=${ncurses}/include"
-    + " --enable-screensaver --disable-meanwhile --disable-nm --disable-tcl";
-
-  preBuild = fullDepEntry (''
-    export echo=echo
-  '') [];
-
-  /* doConfigure should be specified separately */
-  phaseNames = ["doConfigure" "preBuild" "doMakeInstall"]
-    ++ (lib.optional externalPurple2 "postInstall")
-  ;
-
-  name = "carrier-2.5.0";
-  meta = {
-    description = "PidginIM GUI fork with user-friendly development model";
-    homepage = http://funpidgin.sf.net;
-  };
-} // (if externalPurple2 then {
-  postInstall = fullDepEntry (''
-      mkdir -p $out/lib/purple-2
-      cp ${args.purple2Source}/lib/purple-2/* $out/lib/purple-2/
-    '') ["minInit" "defEnsureDir"]; }
-  else {})
-
-
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/content/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/content/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 48e20d427d1..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/content/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-a @ { mesa, lesstif, libX11, libXaw, xproto, libXt, libSM, libICE, libXmu, libXext, libXcursor, ... } :
-let
-  fetchurl = a.fetchurl;
-
-  version = "1.5";
-  buildInputs = with a; [
-    mesa lesstif libX11 libXaw xproto libXt libSM libICE
-      libXmu libXext libXcursor
-  ];
-in
-rec {
-  srcNcbiStdH = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.math.uu.nl/people/kuznet/CONTENT/src/unix/ncbistd.h";
-    sha256 = "1zi3l53b0a7d3620rhxvh1jn7pz3ihl1mxl9qqw86xkmhm4q7xf3";
-  };
-
-  srcVibrant = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.math.uu.nl/people/kuznet/CONTENT/src/unix/vibrant.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1s0vsa0np3sm7jh3ps3f1sf4j64v0kw4hqasllpxx5hdgxwd8y25";
-  };
-
-  srcContent = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.math.uu.nl/people/kuznet/CONTENT/src/unix/content_${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0y0dzr1d3jgbd53729jk6s2wpb5hv54xwbdird4r0s15bznpm6fs";
-  };
-
-  inherit buildInputs;
-  configureFlags = [];
-
-  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
-  phaseNames = ["unpackTarballs"
-    "setPlatform" "extraVars"
-    "buildVibrant" "buildContent"
-    "install"];
-
-  unpackTarballs = a.fullDepEntry (''
-    mkdir content
-    cd content
-    mkdir vibrant
-    tar -xvf ${srcVibrant} -C vibrant
-    tar -xvf ${srcContent} -C .
-    sed -e s/SGI=/SGI=no/ -i content/makefile_v
-  '') ["minInit"];
-
-  platformTLAContent = if a.stdenv.isLinux then "LIN" else
-    throw "Three-letter code for the platform is not known";
-
-  platformTLAVibrant = if a.stdenv.isLinux then "lnx" else
-    throw "Three-letter code for the platform is not known";
-
-  setPlatform = a.fullDepEntry (''
-    sed -e 's/${platformTLAContent}=no/${platformTLAContent}=/' -i content/makefile_v
-  '') ["minInit" "unpackTarballs"];
-
-  extraVars = a.noDepEntry ''
-    export NIX_LDFLAGS="$NIX_LDFLAGS -lXcursor"
-  '';
-
-  buildVibrant = a.fullDepEntry (''
-    cd vibrant/build
-    
-    export LCL=${platformTLAVibrant}
-    make copy
-    for i in *.c; do gcc $i -c -DWIN_MOTIF -I. -I../include; done
-    sh ../make/viball.${platformTLAVibrant}
-
-    cd ../..
-  '') ["addInputs" "unpackTarballs"];
-
-  buildContent = a.fullDepEntry (''
-    cd content 
-
-    export PATH=$PATH:$PWD/victor:$PWD/yuri
-    make -f makefile_v unix
-    
-    cd ..
-  '') ["addInputs" "buildVibrant" "setPlatform"];
-
-  install = a.fullDepEntry (''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/${name}/build-snapshot $out/bin $out/lib $out/share/${name}/doc
-    find . -name '*.o' -exec cp '{}' $out/lib ';'
-    find . -name '*.so' -exec cp '{}' $out/lib ';'
-    find . -name '*.txt' -exec cp '{}' $out/share/${name}/doc ';'
-    find . -name '*.hlp' -exec cp '{}' $out/share/${name}/doc ';'
-    find . -perm -0100 -a ! -name '*.*' -exec cp '{}' $out/bin ';'
-    cp -r . $out/share/${name}/build-snapshot
-  '') ["buildContent" "defEnsureDir" "minInit"];
-      
-  name = "content-" + version;
-  meta = {
-    description = "A tool for analysis of dynamical systems";
-    maintainers = [
-      a.lib.maintainers.raskin
-    ];
-    platforms = a.lib.platforms.linux;
-    broken = true;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/cvs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/cvs/default.nix
index 0e43972fab6..e9de202a809 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/cvs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/cvs/default.nix
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   patches = [ ./getcwd-chroot.patch ];
 
   preConfigure = ''
-    # Fix location of info and man directories.
-    configureFlags="--infodir=$out/share/info --mandir=$out/share/man"
-
     # Apply the Debian patches.
     for p in "debian/patches/"*; do
       echo "applying \`$p' ..."
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/monotone-viz/mtn-head.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/monotone-viz/mtn-head.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index eb75b45128e..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/monotone-viz/mtn-head.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-args @ { graphviz, pkgconfig, autoconf, automake, libtool, glib, gtk, ... }: with args;
-rec {
-  srcDrv = fetchmtn {
-    name = "monotone-viz-mtn-checkout";
-    dbs = ["monotone.mtn-host.prjek.net"];
-    selector = "c3fdb3af1c7c89989c7da8062bb62203f2aaccf0";
-    branch = "net.venge.monotone-viz.new-stdio";
-    sha256 = "661c6a49d442b7e5a7ba455bb9a892e7e12b3968c2ddd69375e7bd0cd0b3ecb9";
-  };
-  src = srcDrv + "/";
-
-  buildInputs = [ocaml lablgtk libgnomecanvas gtk graphviz glib
-    pkgconfig autoconf automake libtool];
-  configureFlags = ["--with-lablgtk-dir=$(echo ${lablgtk}/lib/ocaml/*/site-lib/lablgtk2)"];
-
-  /* doConfigure should be specified separately */
-  phaseNames = ["doAutoconf" "doPatch" "doConfigure" "doMakeInstall"];
-
-  doAutoconf = fullDepEntry(''
-    aclocal -I .
-    autoconf -I .
-  '') ["minInit" "addInputs" "doUnpack"];
-
-  name = "monotone-viz-mtn-head";
-  meta = {
-    description = "Monotone commit tree visualizer";
-    maintainers = [args.lib.maintainers.raskin];
-  };
-  passthru = {
-    inherit srcDrv;
-  };
-}
-
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/tailor/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/tailor/default.nix
index 5164ed6a9b4..ebc0906fc6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/tailor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/tailor/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-args @ { makeWrapper, python, ... }: with args;
-let version = if args ? version then args.version else "0.9.35"; in
-rec {
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pythonPackages }:
+
+pythonPackages.buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "tailor-${version}";
+  version = "0.9.35";
+
   src = fetchurl {
     urls = [
       "http://darcs.arstecnica.it/tailor/tailor-${version}.tar.gz"
@@ -9,13 +12,6 @@ rec {
     sha256 = "061acapxxn5ab3ipb5nd3nm8pk2xj67bi83jrfd6lqq3273fmdjh";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [python makeWrapper];
-  configureFlags = [];
-
-  /* doConfigure should be specified separately */
-  phaseNames = ["installPythonPackage" "wrapBinContentsPython"];
-
-  name = "tailor-" + version;
   meta = {
     description = "Version control tools integration tool";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/viewmtn/0.10.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/viewmtn/0.10.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index be8cc83c300..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/viewmtn/0.10.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-args @ { monotone, cheetahTemplate, highlight, ctags, makeWrapper, graphviz, which, python, ... }: with args;
-rec {
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://viewmtn.1erlei.de/downloads/viewmtn-0.10.tgz;
-    sha256 = "1c6y708xaf6pds1r6l00q7vpgfagfbnf95kqj168vw3xr3l8a4yx";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [python flup highlight monotone 
-    cheetahTemplate makeWrapper graphviz which];
-  configureFlags = [];
-  makeFlags = ["PREFIX=$out"];
-
-  /* doConfigure should be specified separately */
-  phaseNames = ["doInstall" 
-    (doPatchShebangs "$out/bin")
-    (makeManyWrappers "$out/bin/*" 
-      (pythonWrapperArguments + preservePathWrapperArguments)) 
-  ];
-      
-  doInstall = fullDepEntry (''
-    for i in dot mtn highlight; do 
-        sed -e "s@/usr/bin/$i@$(which $i)@" -i config.py.example
-    done
-    sed -e "s@'templates/'@'$out/share/viewmtn/templates/'@" -i config.py.example
-
-    fullOut=$(toPythonPath $out)
-    
-    mkdir -p $fullOut
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    mkdir -p $out/share/viewmtn
-    
-    cp -r * $fullOut
-    cp $fullOut/viewmtn.py $out/bin
-    
-    ln -s $fullOut/{AUTHORS,ChangeLog,INSTALL,LICENSE,README,TODO,config.py.example} $out/share/viewmtn
-    ln -s $fullOut/templates $out/share/viewmtn/
-    ln -s $fullOut/static $out/share/viewmtn/
-  '') ["minInit" "defEnsureDir" "addInputs" "doUnpack"];
-
-  name = "viewmtn-0.10";
-  meta = {
-    description = "Monotone web interface";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/arkpandora/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/arkpandora/default.nix
index 189c066b13e..55420e2d344 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/arkpandora/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/arkpandora/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-args : with args; 
-let version = lib.attrByPath ["version"] "2.04" args; in
-rec {
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "arkpandora-${version}";
+  version = "2.04";
+
   src = fetchurl {
     urls = [
       "ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/ttf-arkpandora-${version}.tgz"
@@ -10,13 +12,11 @@ rec {
     sha256 = "16mfxwlgn6vs3xn00hha5dnmz6bhjiflq138y4zcq3yhk0y9bz51";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [];
-  configureFlags = [];
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/fonts/truetype
+    cp *.ttf $out/share/fonts/truetype
+  '';
 
-  /* doConfigure should be specified separately */
-  phaseNames = ["doUnpack" "installFonts"];
-      
-  name = "arkpandora-" + version;
   meta = {
     description = "Font, metrically identical to Arial and Times New Roman";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/libertine/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/libertine/default.nix
index eb28521a2b8..b95b0f0bedd 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/libertine/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/libertine/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-args @ { fetchurl, fontforge, lib, ... }: with args; rec {
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fontforge }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "linux-libertine-5.3.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
@@ -6,18 +8,37 @@ args @ { fetchurl, fontforge, lib, ... }: with args; rec {
     sha256 = "0x7cz6hvhpil1rh03rax9zsfzm54bh7r4bbrq8rz673gl9h47v0v";
   };
 
+  setSourceRoot = "sourceRoot=`pwd`";
+
   buildInputs = [ fontforge ];
 
-  /* doConfigure should be specified separately */
-  phaseNames = ["doUnpack" "generateFontsFromSFD" "installFonts"];
-
-  extraFontForgeCommands = ''
-    ScaleToEm(1000);
+  buildPhase = ''
+    for i in *.sfd; do
+      fontforge -c \
+        'Open($1);
+        ScaleToEm(1000);
+        Reencode("unicode");
+        Generate($1:r + ".ttf");
+        Generate($1:r + ".otf");
+        Reencode("TeX-Base-Encoding");
+        Generate($1:r + ".afm");
+        Generate($1:r + ".pfm");
+        Generate($1:r + ".pfb");
+        Generate($1:r + ".map");
+        Generate($1:r + ".enc");
+        ' $i;
+    done
   '';
 
-  doUnpack = lib.fullDepEntry ''
-      tar xf ${src}
-    '' ["minInit"];
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/fonts/{opentype,truetype,type1}/public
+    mkdir -p $out/share/texmf/fonts/{enc,map}
+    cp *.otf $out/share/fonts/opentype/public
+    cp *.ttf $out/share/fonts/truetype/public
+    cp *.pfb $out/share/fonts/type1/public
+    cp *.enc $out/share/texmf/fonts/enc
+    cp *.map $out/share/texmf/fonts/map
+  '';
 
   meta = {
     description = "Linux Libertine Fonts";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcl/default.nix
index 1ea2894d88d..25b1599fbea 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcl/default.nix
@@ -1,56 +1,52 @@
-a @ { mpfr, m4, binutils, fetchcvs, emacs, zlib, which
-, texinfo, libX11, xproto, inputproto, libXi
-, libXext, xextproto, libXt, libXaw, libXmu, stdenv, ... } :
-let
-  buildInputs = with a; [
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, mpfr, m4, binutils, fetchcvs, emacs, zlib, which
+, texinfo, libX11, xproto, inputproto, libXi, gmp
+, libXext, xextproto, libXt, libXaw, libXmu } :
+
+assert stdenv ? cc ;
+assert stdenv.cc.isGNU ;
+assert stdenv.cc ? libc ;
+assert stdenv.cc.libc != null ;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gcl-${version}";
+  version = "2.6.12";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    sha256 = "1s4hs2qbjqmn9h88l4xvsifq5c3dlc5s74lyb61rdi5grhdlkf4f";
+    url = "http://gnu.spinellicreations.com/gcl/${name}.tar.gz";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
     mpfr m4 binutils emacs gmp
     libX11 xproto inputproto libXi
     libXext xextproto libXt libXaw libXmu
     zlib which texinfo
   ];
-in
 
-(
-assert a.stdenv ? cc ;
-assert a.stdenv.cc.isGNU ;
-assert a.stdenv.cc ? libc ;
-assert a.stdenv.cc.libc != null ;
-
-rec {
-  src = a.fetchurl {
-    sha256 = "1s4hs2qbjqmn9h88l4xvsifq5c3dlc5s74lyb61rdi5grhdlkf4f";
-    url="http://gnu.spinellicreations.com/gcl/${name}.tar.gz";
-  };
-
-  name = "gcl-2.6.12";
-  inherit buildInputs;
   configureFlags = [
     "--enable-ansi"
   ];
 
   # Upstream bug submitted - http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?30371
   # $TMPDIR must have no extension
-  setVars = a.noDepEntry ''
-    export TMPDIR="''${TMPDIR:-''${TMP:-''${TEMP}}}/tmp-for-gcl"
-    mkdir -p "$TMPDIR"
+  # setVars = a.noDepEntry ''
+  #   export TMPDIR="''${TMPDIR:-''${TMP:-''${TEMP}}}/tmp-for-gcl"
+  #   mkdir -p "$TMPDIR"
+  # '';
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    # sed -re "s@/bin/cat@$(which cat)@g" -i configure */configure
+    # sed -re "s@if test -d /proc/self @if false @" -i configure
+    # sed -re 's^([ \t])cpp ^\1cpp -I${stdenv.cc.cc}/include -I${stdenv.cc.libc}/include ^g' -i makefile
   '';
 
-  preBuild = a.fullDepEntry (''
-    sed -re "s@/bin/cat@$(which cat)@g" -i configure */configure
-    sed -re "s@if test -d /proc/self @if false @" -i configure
-    sed -re 's^([ \t])cpp ^\1cpp -I${a.stdenv.cc.cc}/include -I${a.stdenv.cc.libc}/include ^g' -i makefile
-  '') ["minInit" "doUnpack" "addInputs"];
-
   /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
-  phaseNames = ["setVars" "doUnpack" "preBuild"
-    "doConfigure" "doMakeInstall"];
-}) // {
+  # phaseNames = ["setVars" "doUnpack" "preBuild"
+  #   "doConfigure" "doMakeInstall"];
+
   meta = {
     description = "GNU Common Lisp compiler working via GCC";
-    maintainers = [
-      a.lib.maintainers.raskin
-    ];
-    platforms = with a.lib.platforms;
-      linux;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.raskin ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/acl2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/acl2/default.nix
index e723133e256..f1e2315d794 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/acl2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/acl2/default.nix
@@ -1,45 +1,35 @@
-a :  
-let 
-  fetchurl = a.fetchurl;
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, sbcl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "acl2-${version}";
+  version = "v6-5";
 
-  version = a.lib.attrByPath ["version"] "v6-5" a; 
-  buildInputs = with a; [
-    sbcl
-  ];
-in
-rec {
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/moore/acl2/${version}/distrib/acl2.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "19kfclgpdyms016s06pjf3icj3mx9jlcj8vfgpbx2ac4ls0ir36g";
     name = "acl2-${version}.tar.gz";
   };
 
-  inherit buildInputs;
-  configureFlags = [];
+  buildInputs = [ sbcl ];
 
-  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
-  phaseNames = ["doDeploy" "doBuild"];
-  
-  makeFlags = ["LISP='${a.sbcl}/bin/sbcl'"];
+  phases = "unpackPhase installPhase";
 
   installSuffix = "acl2";
-  doDeploy = (a.simplyShare installSuffix);
-  doBuild = a.fullDepEntry (''
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/${installSuffix}
+    cp -R . $out/share/${installSuffix}
     cd $out/share/${installSuffix}
-    make LISP='${a.sbcl}/bin/sbcl --dynamic-space-size 2000'
-    make LISP='${a.sbcl}/bin/sbcl --dynamic-space-size 2000' regression
-    mkdir -p "$out/bin"
-    cp saved_acl2 "$out/bin/acl2"
-  '') ["doDeploy" "addInputs" "defEnsureDir"];
-      
-  name = "acl2-" + version;
+    make 'LISP=${sbcl}/bin/sbcl --dynamic-space-size 2000'
+    make 'LISP=${sbcl}/bin/sbcl --dynamic-space-size 2000' regression
+    make LISP=${sbcl}/bin/sbcl TAGS
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp saved_acl2 $out/bin/acl2
+  '';
+
   meta = {
     description = "An interpreter and a prover for a Lisp dialect";
-    maintainers = with a.lib.maintainers; 
-    [
-      raskin
-    ];
-    platforms = with a.lib.platforms;
-      linux;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ raskin ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ncbi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ncbi/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 88f6740f733..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ncbi/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-a @ { tcsh, mesa, lesstif, libX11, libXaw, xproto, libXt, libSM, libICE, libXmu, libXext, ... }:
-let
-  fetchurl = a.fetchurl;
-
-  version = "20090809";
-  buildInputs = with a; [
-    tcsh libX11 libXaw lesstif xproto mesa libXt
-    libSM libICE libXmu libXext
-  ];
-in
-rec {
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/toolbox/ncbi_tools/old/${version}/ncbi.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "05bbnqk6ffvhi556fsabcippzq2zrkynbk09qblzvfzip9hlk1qc";
-  };
-
-  inherit buildInputs;
-  configureFlags = [];
-
-  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
-  phaseNames = ["preBuild" "build" "deploy"];
-
-  preBuild = a.fullDepEntry (''
-    sed -e 's@#!/bin/csh@#! ${a.tcsh}/bin/csh@' -i $(fgrep '#!/bin/csh' -rl build make)
-    sed -e '/set path/d' -i make/ln-if-absent
-    sed -e 's@/usr/include @${a.lesstif}/include ${a.mesa}/include @' -i make/makedis.csh
-    sed -e 's@/usr/[a-zA-Z0-9]*/include @@g; s@/usr/include/[a-zA-Z0-9/] @@g' -i make/makedis.csh 
-    cd ..
-  '') ["doUnpack" "minInit"];
-
-  build = a.fullDepEntry (''
-    ./ncbi/make/makedis.csh
-  '') ["preBuild" "addInputs"];
-
-  deploy = a.fullDepEntry (''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/lib $out/include $out/source $out/share/${name}/build-snapshot
-    cd ncbi/build
-    cp *.o *.so $out/lib
-    cp -r . $out/share/${name}/build-snapshot
-    cp ../make/makedis.csh $out/share/${name}/build-snapshot
-    cp *.h $out/include 
-    cp *.c *.h $out/source
-    find . -perm -0100 -a '(' '(' ! -name '*.*' ')' -o '(' -name '*.REAL' ')' ')' -exec cp '{}' $out/bin ';'
-  '') ["defEnsureDir" "build" "minInit"];
-      
-  name = "NCBI-Toolbox-" + version;
-  meta = {
-    description = "NCBI general-purpose portable toolkit";
-    maintainers = [
-      a.lib.maintainers.raskin
-    ];
-    #platforms = a.lib.platforms.linux ;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libsexy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libsexy/default.nix
index 5e0d391a338..b0fa789d157 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libsexy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libsexy/default.nix
@@ -1,31 +1,26 @@
-a @ { python, libsexy, pkgconfig, libxml2, pygtk, pango, gtk, glib, ... } :
-let
-  fetchurl = a.fetchurl;
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, buildPythonPackage, libsexy, pkgconfig, libxml2, pygtk, pango, gtk, glib, }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "python-libsexy-${version}";
+  version = "0.1.9";
 
-  version = a.lib.attrByPath ["version"] "0.1.9" a;
-  buildInputs = with a; [
-    pkgconfig pygtk
-  ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with a; [
-    libsexy python gtk glib pango libxml2
-  ];
-in
-rec {
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://releases.chipx86.com/libsexy/sexy-python/sexy-python-${version}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "05bgcsxwkp63rlr8wg6znd46cfbhrzc5wh70jabsi654pxxjb39d";
   };
 
-  inherit buildInputs propagatedBuildInputs;
-  configureFlags = [];
+  buildInputs = [
+    pkgconfig pygtk
+  ];
 
-  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
-  phaseNames = ["doConfigure" "doMakeInstall" "postInstall"];
-  postInstall = a.fullDepEntry (''
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    libsexy gtk glib pango libxml2
+  ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
     ln -s $out/lib/python*/site-packages/gtk-2.0/* $out/lib/python*/site-packages/
-  '') ["minInit"];
+  '';
 
-  name = "python-libsexy-" + version;
   meta = {
     description = "Python libsexy bindings";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/games/jamp/default.nix b/pkgs/games/jamp/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index be7abc75915..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/games/jamp/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-a @ { mesa, SDL, SDL_image, SDL_mixer, ... } :
-let
-  s = import ./src-for-default.nix;
-  buildInputs = with a; [
-    mesa SDL SDL_mixer SDL_image
-
-  ];
-in
-rec {
-  src = a.fetchUrlFromSrcInfo s;
-
-  inherit (s) name;
-  inherit buildInputs;
-  configureFlags = [];
-
-  preBuild = a.fullDepEntry (''
-    sed -e "s@/usr/games@$out/bin@g" -i Makefile
-    sed -e "s@/usr/@$out/@g" -i Makefile
-    export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE -I${a.SDL}/include/SDL"
-  '') ["minInit" "addInputs" "doUnpack"];
-
-  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
-  phaseNames = ["preBuild" "doMakeInstall"];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "A physics-based game";
-    maintainers = [ a.lib.maintainers.raskin ];
-    platforms = a.lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/games/jamp/src-for-default.nix b/pkgs/games/jamp/src-for-default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c5980b251c0..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/games/jamp/src-for-default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-rec {
-   version="1.0.2";
-   name="jamp-1.0.2";
-   hash="13cjggyx63wmlcvpyllmd7aknfd4vzhxnwm030mas7z3h6wcsmk7";
-   url="http://perre.noud.ch/jamp/download.php?file=jamp-${version}.tar.gz";
-   advertisedUrl="http://perre.noud.ch/jamp/download.php?file=jamp-1.0.2.tar.gz";
-  
-  
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/games/jamp/src-info-for-default.nix b/pkgs/games/jamp/src-info-for-default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9fb4ab9dbcc..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/games/jamp/src-info-for-default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  downloadPage = "http://perre.noud.ch/jamp/";
-  baseName = "jamp";
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/games/lincity/default.nix b/pkgs/games/lincity/default.nix
index 6cd5155e3af..dba488016b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/lincity/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/lincity/default.nix
@@ -1,24 +1,19 @@
-args @ { libX11, libXext, xextproto, libICE, libSM, xproto, libpng, zlib, ... }: with args;
-let
-  version = lib.attrByPath ["version"] "1.12.1" args;
-  sha256 = lib.attrByPath ["sha256"]
-    "0xmrp7vkkp1hfblb6nl3rh2651qsbcm21bnncpnma1sf40jaf8wj" args;
-  pkgName = "lincity";
-in
-rec {
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, libX11, libXext, xextproto, libICE, libSM, xproto, libpng, zlib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "lincity-${version}";
+  version = "1.12.1";
+
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/lincity/${pkgName}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    inherit sha256;
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/lincity/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0xmrp7vkkp1hfblb6nl3rh2651qsbcm21bnncpnma1sf40jaf8wj";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [libICE libpng libSM libX11 libXext
-    xextproto zlib xproto];
-  configureFlags = [];
+  buildInputs = [
+    libICE libpng libSM libX11 libXext
+    xextproto zlib xproto
+  ];
 
-  /* doConfigure should be specified separately */
-  phaseNames = ["doConfigure" "doMakeInstall"];
-
-  name = "${pkgName}-" + version;
   meta = {
     description = "City simulation game";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/games/zangband/default.nix b/pkgs/games/zangband/default.nix
index 110eff9397c..ab7a6d7cb43 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/zangband/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/zangband/default.nix
@@ -1,35 +1,40 @@
-a @ { ncurses, flex, bison, autoconf, automake, m4, coreutils, ... } :
-let
-  fetchurl = a.fetchurl;
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses, flex, bison, autoconf, automake, m4, coreutils }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "zangband-${version}";
+  version = "2.7.3";
 
-  version = a.lib.attrByPath ["version"] "2.7.3" a;
-  buildInputs = with a; [
-    ncurses flex bison autoconf automake m4
-  ];
-in
-rec {
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/games/Angband/Variant/ZAngband/zangband-${version}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "0654m8fzklsc8565sqdad76mxjsm1z9c280srq8863sd10af0bdq";
   };
 
-  inherit buildInputs;
-  configureFlags = [];
+  buildInputs = [
+    ncurses flex bison autoconf automake m4
+  ];
 
-  preConfigure = a.fullDepEntry (''
+  # fails during chmod due to broken permissions
+  dontMakeSourcesWritable = true;
+  postUnpack = ''
     chmod a+rwX -R .
+  '';
+
+  preConfigure = ''
     sed -re 's/ch(own|grp|mod)/true/' -i lib/*/makefile.zb makefile.in
     sed -e '/FIXED_PATHS/d' -i src/z-config.h
     ./bootstrap
+  '';
+
+  preInstall = ''
     mkdir -p $out/share/games/zangband
     mkdir -p $out/share/man
     mkdir -p $out/bin
-  '') ["minInit" "doUnpack" "addInputs" "defEnsureDir"];
+  '';
 
-  postInstall = a.fullDepEntry (''
+  postInstall = ''
     mv $out/bin/zangband $out/bin/.zangband.real
     echo '#! /bin/sh
-      PATH="$PATH:${a.coreutils}/bin"
+      PATH="$PATH:${coreutils}/bin"
 
       ZANGBAND_PATH="$HOME/.zangband"
       ORIG_PATH="'$out'"/share/games/zangband
@@ -49,14 +54,10 @@ rec {
       "'$out'/bin/.zangband.real" "$@"
     ' > $out/bin/zangband
     chmod +x $out/bin/zangband
-  '') ["minInit" "doUnpack"];
+  '';
 
-  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
-  phaseNames = ["preConfigure" "doConfigure" "doMakeInstall" "postInstall"];
-
-  name = "zangband-" + version;
   meta = {
     description = "rogue-like game";
-    license = a.lib.licenses.unfree;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.unfree;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/xmpp/pyIRCt/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/xmpp/pyIRCt/default.nix
index 4481ad4a14a..f732e29acc9 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/xmpp/pyIRCt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/xmpp/pyIRCt/default.nix
@@ -1,37 +1,39 @@
-a @ { xmpppy, pythonIRClib, python, makeWrapper, ... } :
-let
-  fetchurl = a.fetchurl;
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, xmpppy, pythonIRClib, python, pythonPackages } :
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "pyIRCt-${version}";
+  version = "0.4";
 
-  version = a.lib.attrByPath ["version"] "0.4" a;
-  buildInputs = with a; [
-    xmpppy pythonIRClib python makeWrapper
-  ];
-in
-rec {
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/xmpppy/irc-transport-${version}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "0gbc0dvj1p3088b6x315yjrlwnc5vvzp0var36wlf9z60ghvk8yb";
   };
 
-  inherit buildInputs;
-  configureFlags = [];
+  buildInputs = [ pythonPackages.wrapPython ];
+
+  pythonPath = [
+    xmpppy pythonIRClib
+  ];
 
   /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
-  phaseNames = ["deploy" (a.makeManyWrappers "$out/share/${name}/irc.py" a.pythonWrapperArguments)];
-  deploy = a.fullDepEntry (''
+  # phaseNames = ["deploy" (a.makeManyWrappers "$out/share/${name}/irc.py" a.pythonWrapperArguments)];
+
+  installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/${name}
-    sed -e 's@/usr/bin/@${a.python}/bin/@' -i irc.py
+    sed -e 's@/usr/bin/@${python}/bin/@' -i irc.py
     sed -e '/configFiles/aconfigFiles += [os.getenv("HOME")+"/.pyIRCt.xml"]' -i config.py
     sed -e '/configFiles/aconfigFiles += [os.getenv("HOME")+"/.python-irc-transport.xml"]' -i config.py
     sed -e '/configFiles/iimport os' -i config.py
-    cp * $out/share/$name
-    echo "#! /bin/sh" > $out/bin/pyIRCt
-    echo "cd $out/share/${name}" >> $out/bin/pyIRCt
-    echo "./irc.py \"$@\"" >> $out/bin/pyIRCt
+    cp * $out/share/${name}
+    cat > $out/bin/pyIRCt <<EOF
+      #! /bin/sh
+      cd $out/share/${name}
+      ./irc.py \"$@\"
+    EOF
     chmod a+rx  $out/bin/pyIRCt $out/share/${name}/irc.py
-  '') ["minInit" "addInputs" "doUnpack" "defEnsureDir"];
+    wrapPythonPrograms
+  '';
 
-  name = "pyIRCt-" + version;
   meta = {
     description = "IRC transport module for XMPP";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/xmpp/pyMAILt/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/xmpp/pyMAILt/default.nix
index eb4f55f7aeb..f5a91b28633 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/xmpp/pyMAILt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/xmpp/pyMAILt/default.nix
@@ -1,39 +1,37 @@
-a @ { xmpppy, python, makeWrapper, fetchcvs, ... } :
-let
-  fetchurl = a.fetchurl;
+{ stdenv, python, xmpppy, pythonPackages, fetchcvs } :
 
-  buildInputs = with a; [
-    xmpppy python makeWrapper
-  ];
-in
-rec {
-  src = a.fetchcvs {
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "pyMAILt-${version}";
+  version = "20090101";
+
+  src = fetchcvs {
 		cvsRoot = ":pserver:anonymous@xmpppy.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/xmpppy";
 		module = "xmpppy/mail-transport";
 		date = "2009-01-01";
 		sha256 = "15301252e52b4ccb2156baefed8982a2a0cce3ae8eae3caf3cc28dfa615c8d6e";
 	};
 
-  inherit buildInputs;
-  configureFlags = [];
+  pythonPath = [ xmpppy ];
+  buildInputs = [ pythonPackages.wrapPython ];
 
   /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
-  phaseNames = ["deploy" (a.makeManyWrappers "$out/share/${name}/mail.py" a.pythonWrapperArguments)];
-  deploy = a.fullDepEntry (''
+  installPhase = ''
     cd mail-transport
     mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/${name}
-    sed -e 's@/usr/bin/@${a.python}/bin/@' -i mail.py
+    sed -e 's@/usr/bin/@${python}/bin/@' -i mail.py
     sed -e '/configFiles/aconfigFiles += [os.getenv("HOME")+"/.pyMAILt.xml"]' -i config.py
     sed -e '/configFiles/aconfigFiles += [os.getenv("HOME")+"/.python-mail-transport.xml"]' -i config.py
     sed -e '/configFiles/iimport os' -i config.py
     cp * $out/share/$name
-    echo "#! /bin/sh" > $out/bin/pyMAILt
-    echo "cd $out/share/${name}" >> $out/bin/pyMAILt
-    echo "./mail.py \"$@\"" >> $out/bin/pyMAILt
+    cat > $out/bin/pyMAILt <<EOF
+      #! /bin/sh
+      cd $out/share/${name}
+      ./mail.py \"$@\"
+    EOF
     chmod a+rx  $out/bin/pyMAILt $out/share/${name}/mail.py
-  '') ["minInit" "addInputs" "doUnpack" "defEnsureDir"];
+    wrapPythonPrograms
+  '';
 
-  name = "pyMAILt-20090101";
   meta = {
     description = "Email transport module for XMPP";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/webdruid/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/webdruid/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ee4dabf78e7..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/webdruid/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-a @ { zlib, libpng, freetype, gd, which, libxml2, geoip, ... } :
-let
-  s = import ./src-for-default.nix;
-  buildInputs = with a; [
-    zlib libpng freetype gd which libxml2
-    geoip
-  ];
-in
-rec {
-  src = a.fetchUrlFromSrcInfo s;
-
-  inherit (s) name;
-  inherit buildInputs;
-  configureFlags = [];
-
-  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
-  phaseNames = ["doConfigure" "doMakeInstall" "doLinks"];
-
-  doLinks = a.fullDepEntry (''
-    ln -s shared_en.xsl $out/share/webdruid/classic/shared.xsl
-  '') ["minInit"];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "A web log analyzer";
-    maintainers = [
-      a.lib.maintainers.raskin
-    ];
-    platforms = a.lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/webdruid/src-for-default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/webdruid/src-for-default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 73102be6afe..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/webdruid/src-for-default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-rec {
-  advertisedUrl="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/webdruid/files/webdruid/0.6.0-alpha5/webdruid-0.6.0-alpha5.tar.gz";
-  version = "0.6.0-alpha5";
-  url="mirror://sourceforge/webdruid/webdruid-${version}.tar.gz";
-  hash = "1aiqffccayvf02snl9la62zqb1674cp4rv19af6xyxgvw4334hw0";
-  name = "webdruid-0.6.0-alpha5";
-  
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/webdruid/src-info-for-default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/webdruid/src-info-for-default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a4eff29682..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/webdruid/src-info-for-default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  downloadPage = "http://sourceforge.net/projects/webdruid/files/";
-  choiceCommand = ''head -1 | sed -re "$skipRedirectSF"'';
-  versionExtractorSedScript = ''$extractReleaseSF'';
-  versionReferenceCreator = ''s@$version@\''${version}@g'';
-  baseName = "webdruid";
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/cuneiform/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/cuneiform/default.nix
index 138ae58da06..c357c96fac8 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/cuneiform/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/cuneiform/default.nix
@@ -1,42 +1,19 @@
-a @ { cmake, patchelf, imagemagick, ... } :
-let
-  fetchurl = a.fetchurl;
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, patchelf, imagemagick }:
 
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "cuneiform-${version}";
   version = "1.1.0";
-  buildInputs = with a; [
-    cmake imagemagick patchelf
-  ];
-in
-rec {
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://launchpad.net/cuneiform-linux/1.1/1.1/+download/cuneiform-linux-1.1.0.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "1bdvppyfx2184zmzcylskd87cxv56d8f32jf7g1qc8779l2hszjp";
   };
 
-  inherit buildInputs;
-  configureFlags = [];
+  buildInputs = [
+    cmake imagemagick
+  ];
 
-  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
-  phaseNames = ["doCmake" "doMakeInstall" "postInstall"];
-
-  libc = if a.stdenv ? glibc then a.stdenv.glibc else "";
-
-  doCmake = a.fullDepEntry(''
-    mkdir -p $PWD/builddir
-    cd builddir
-    export NIX_LDFLAGS="$NIX_LDFLAGS -ldl -L$out/lib"
-    cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=debug -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$out -DDL_LIB=${libc}/lib
-  '') ["minInit" "addInputs" "doUnpack" "defEnsureDir"];
-
-  needLib64 = a.stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux";
-
-  postInstall = a.fullDepEntry(''
-    patchelf --set-rpath $out/lib${if needLib64 then "64" else ""}${if a.stdenv.cc.cc != null then ":${a.stdenv.cc.cc}/lib" else ""}${if a.stdenv.cc.cc != null && needLib64 then ":${a.stdenv.cc.cc}/lib64" else ""}:${a.imagemagick}/lib $out/bin/cuneiform
-  '') ["minInit" "addInputs" "doMakeInstall"];
-
-  name = "cuneiform-" + version;
   meta = {
-    inherit version;
     description = "Multi-language OCR system";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/welkin/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/welkin/default.nix
index 3d1a2aa5bdc..6e268ef5941 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/welkin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/welkin/default.nix
@@ -1,57 +1,35 @@
-x@{builderDefsPackage
-  , jre
-  , ...}:
-builderDefsPackage
-(a :
-let
-  helperArgNames = ["stdenv" "fetchurl" "builderDefsPackage"] ++
-    ["jre"];
+{ stdenv, fetchsvn, jre, makeWrapper }:
 
-  buildInputs = map (n: builtins.getAttr n x)
-    (builtins.attrNames (builtins.removeAttrs x helperArgNames));
-  sourceInfo = rec {
-    baseName="welkin";
-    version="1.1";
-    name="${baseName}-${version}";
-    url="http://simile.mit.edu/dist/welkin/${name}.tar.gz";
-    hash="0hr2xvfz887fdf2ysiqydv6m13gbdl5x0fh4960i655d5imvd5x0";
-  };
-in
-rec {
-  src = a.fetchurl {
-    url = sourceInfo.url;
-    sha256 = sourceInfo.hash;
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "welkin-${version}";
+  version = "1.1";
+
+  src = fetchsvn {
+    url = "http://simile.mit.edu/repository/welkin";
+    rev = "9638";
+    sha256 = "1bqh3vam7y805xrmdw7k0ckcfwjg88wypxgv3njkkwyn7kxnfnqp";
   };
 
-  inherit (sourceInfo) name version;
-  inherit buildInputs;
+  sourceRoot = "welkin-r9638/tags/${version}";
 
-  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
-  phaseNames = ["doDeploy" "createBin"];
+  buildInputs = [ jre makeWrapper ];
 
-  doDeploy = a.simplyShare "welkin";
-
-  createBin = a.fullDepEntry ''
-    mkdir -p "$out/bin"
-    echo "#! ${a.stdenv.shell}" > "$out/bin/welkin"
-    echo "export JAVA_HOME=${jre}" >> "$out/bin/welkin"
-    echo "\"$out/share/welkin/welkin.sh\" \"\$@\"" >> "$out/bin/welkin"
-    sed -e 's@[.]/lib/welkin[.]jar@"'"$out"'/share/welkin/lib/welkin.jar"@' -i "$out/share/welkin/welkin.sh"
-    chmod a+x "$out/bin/welkin"
-  '' ["minInit" "defEnsureDir"];
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/{bin,share}
+    cp -R . $out/share
+    cp $out/share/welkin.sh $out/bin/welkin
+    sed -e 's@\./lib/welkin\.jar@'"$out"'/share/lib/welkin.jar@' -i $out/bin/welkin
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/welkin \
+      --set JAVA_HOME ${jre}
+    chmod a+x $out/bin/welkin
+  '';
 
   meta = {
     description = "An RDF visualizer";
-    maintainers = with a.lib.maintainers;
-    [
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [
       raskin
     ];
     hydraPlatforms = [];
-    license = a.lib.licenses.free;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.free;
   };
-  passthru = {
-    updateInfo = {
-      downloadPage = "http://simile.mit.edu/dist/welkin/";
-    };
-  };
-}) x
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/gnokii/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/gnokii/default.nix
index c0593e5c017..d1551eb4ccd 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/gnokii/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/gnokii/default.nix
@@ -1,31 +1,25 @@
-a @ { intltool, perl, gettext, libusb, pkgconfig, bluez, readline, pcsclite, libical, gtk, glib, libXpm, ... } :
-let
-  fetchurl = a.fetchurl;
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, intltool, perl, gettext, libusb, pkgconfig, bluez
+, readline, pcsclite, libical, gtk, glib, libXpm }:
 
-  s = import ./src-for-default.nix;
-  buildInputs = with a; [
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gnokii-${version}";
+  version = "0.6.31";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    sha256 = "0sjjhm40662bj6j0jh3sd25b8nww54nirpwamz618rg6pb5hjwm8";
+    url = "http://www.gnokii.org/download/gnokii/${name}.tar.gz";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
     perl intltool gettext libusb
     glib gtk pkgconfig bluez readline
     libXpm pcsclite libical
   ];
-in
 
-assert a.stdenv ? glibc;
-
-rec {
-  src = a.fetchUrlFromSrcInfo s;
-
-  inherit buildInputs;
-  configureFlags = [];
-
-  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
-  phaseNames = [ "doConfigure" "doMakeInstall"];
-
-  inherit(s) name;
   meta = {
     description = "Cellphone tool";
     homepage = http://www.gnokii.org;
-    maintainers = [a.lib.maintainers.raskin];
-    platforms = with a.lib.platforms; linux;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.raskin ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/gnokii/src-for-default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/gnokii/src-for-default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index af2768ddfa3..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/gnokii/src-for-default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-rec {
-   version="0.6.31";
-   name="gnokii-0.6.31";
-   hash="0sjjhm40662bj6j0jh3sd25b8nww54nirpwamz618rg6pb5hjwm8";
-   url="http://www.gnokii.org/download/gnokii/gnokii-${version}.tar.gz";
-   advertisedUrl="http://www.gnokii.org/download/gnokii/gnokii-0.6.31.tar.gz";
-  
-  
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/gnokii/src-info-for-default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/gnokii/src-info-for-default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d68b555b18..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/gnokii/src-info-for-default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  downloadPage = "http://www.gnokii.org/download/gnokii/?C=M;O=D";
-  baseName = "gnokii";
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/altermime/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/altermime/default.nix
index 1c9dbfe6235..e532739ecd4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/altermime/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/altermime/default.nix
@@ -1,50 +1,28 @@
-x@{builderDefsPackage
-  
-  , ...}:
-builderDefsPackage
-(a :  
-let 
-  helperArgNames = ["stdenv" "fetchurl" "builderDefsPackage"] ++ 
-    [];
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
-  buildInputs = map (n: builtins.getAttr n x)
-    (builtins.attrNames (builtins.removeAttrs x helperArgNames));
-  sourceInfo = rec {
-    baseName="altermime";
-    version="0.3.10";
-    name="${baseName}-${version}";
-    url="http://www.pldaniels.com/${baseName}/${name}.tar.gz";
-    hash="0vn3vmbcimv0n14khxr1782m76983zz9sf4j2kz5v86lammxld43";
-  };
-in
-rec {
-  src = a.fetchurl {
-    url = sourceInfo.url;
-    sha256 = sourceInfo.hash;
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  baseName = "altermime";
+  name = "${baseName}-${version}";
+  version = "0.3.10";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.pldaniels.com/${baseName}/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0vn3vmbcimv0n14khxr1782m76983zz9sf4j2kz5v86lammxld43";
   };
 
-  inherit (sourceInfo) name version;
-  inherit buildInputs;
+  patches = map fetchurl (import ./debian-patches.nix);
 
-  patches = map a.fetchurl (import ./debian-patches.nix);
-
-  phaseNames = ["doPatch" "fixTarget" "doMakeInstall"];
-  fixTarget = a.fullDepEntry (''
+  postPatch = ''
     sed -i Makefile -e "s@/usr/local@$out@"
     mkdir -p "$out/bin"
-  '') ["doUnpack" "minInit" "defEnsureDir"];
-      
+  '';
+
   meta = {
     description = "MIME alteration tool";
-    maintainers = with a.lib.maintainers;
-    [
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [
       raskin
     ];
-    platforms = with a.lib.platforms;
-      linux;
+    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
     downloadPage = "http://www.pldaniels.com/altermime/";
-    inherit version;
-    updateWalker = true;
   };
-}) x
-
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 04868df3bcb..d8acd2a44c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ let
 
   gnaural = callPackage ../applications/audio/gnaural { };
 
-  gnokii = builderDefsPackage (callPackage ../tools/misc/gnokii) { };
+  gnokii = callPackage ../tools/misc/gnokii { };
 
   gnuapl = callPackage ../development/interpreters/gnu-apl { };
 
@@ -2874,7 +2874,7 @@ let
 
   pythonIRClib = pythonPackages.pythonIRClib;
 
-  pythonSexy = builderDefsPackage (callPackage ../development/python-modules/libsexy) { };
+  pythonSexy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/libsexy { };
 
   pytrainer = callPackage ../applications/misc/pytrainer { };
 
@@ -3621,8 +3621,6 @@ let
 
   webalizer = callPackage ../tools/networking/webalizer { };
 
-  webdruid = builderDefsPackage (callPackage ../tools/admin/webdruid) {};
-
   weighttp = callPackage ../tools/networking/weighttp { };
 
   wget = callPackage ../tools/networking/wget {
@@ -4164,7 +4162,7 @@ let
 
   ghdl_mcode = callPackage ../development/compilers/ghdl { };
 
-  gcl = builderDefsPackage (callPackage ../development/compilers/gcl) {
+  gcl = callPackage ../development/compilers/gcl {
     gmp = gmp4;
   };
 
@@ -5089,7 +5087,7 @@ let
 
   ### DEVELOPMENT / INTERPRETERS
 
-  acl2 = builderDefsPackage (callPackage ../development/interpreters/acl2) {
+  acl2 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/acl2 {
     sbcl = sbcl_1_2_0;
   };
 
@@ -9579,9 +9577,9 @@ let
 
   pumpio = callPackage ../servers/web-apps/pump.io { };
 
-  pyIRCt = builderDefsPackage (callPackage ../servers/xmpp/pyIRCt) {};
+  pyIRCt = callPackage ../servers/xmpp/pyIRCt {};
 
-  pyMAILt = builderDefsPackage (callPackage ../servers/xmpp/pyMAILt) {};
+  pyMAILt = callPackage ../servers/xmpp/pyMAILt {};
 
   qpid-cpp = callPackage ../servers/amqp/qpid-cpp {
     boost = boost155;
@@ -10828,7 +10826,7 @@ let
 
   anonymousPro = callPackage ../data/fonts/anonymous-pro { };
 
-  arkpandora_ttf = builderDefsPackage (callPackage ../data/fonts/arkpandora) { };
+  arkpandora_ttf = callPackage ../data/fonts/arkpandora { };
 
   aurulent-sans = callPackage ../data/fonts/aurulent-sans { };
 
@@ -10958,7 +10956,7 @@ let
   liberation_ttf_binary = callPackage ../data/fonts/redhat-liberation-fonts/binary.nix { };
   liberation_ttf = liberation_ttf_binary;
 
-  libertine = builderDefsPackage (callPackage ../data/fonts/libertine) { };
+  libertine = callPackage ../data/fonts/libertine { };
 
   lmmath = callPackage ../data/fonts/lmodern/lmmath.nix {};
 
@@ -11349,11 +11347,6 @@ let
 
   carddav-util = callPackage ../tools/networking/carddav-util { };
 
-  carrier = builderDefsPackage (callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/carrier/2.5.0.nix) {
-    inherit (gnome) startupnotification GConf ;
-  };
-  funpidgin = carrier;
-
   cava = callPackage ../applications/audio/cava { };
 
   cbatticon = callPackage ../applications/misc/cbatticon { };
@@ -11463,7 +11456,7 @@ let
     liblapack = liblapackWithoutAtlas;
   };
 
-  cuneiform = builderDefsPackage (callPackage ../tools/graphics/cuneiform) {};
+  cuneiform = callPackage ../tools/graphics/cuneiform {};
 
   cutecom = callPackage ../tools/misc/cutecom { };
 
@@ -12647,11 +12640,6 @@ let
     lua = lua5;
   };
 
-  monotoneViz = builderDefsPackage (callPackage ../applications/version-management/monotone-viz/mtn-head.nix) {
-    inherit (ocamlPackages_4_01_0) lablgtk ocaml;
-    inherit (gnome) libgnomecanvas;
-  };
-
   mopidy = callPackage ../applications/audio/mopidy { };
 
   mopidy-gmusic = callPackage ../applications/audio/mopidy-gmusic { };
@@ -13420,7 +13408,7 @@ let
       numpy pyasn1 mock zope_interface;
   };
 
-  tailor = builderDefsPackage (callPackage ../applications/version-management/tailor) {};
+  tailor = callPackage ../applications/version-management/tailor {};
 
   tangogps = callPackage ../applications/misc/tangogps {
     gconf = gnome.GConf;
@@ -13583,11 +13571,6 @@ let
 
   vdpauinfo = callPackage ../tools/X11/vdpauinfo { };
 
-  viewMtn = builderDefsPackage (callPackage ../applications/version-management/viewmtn/0.10.nix)
-  {
-    flup = pythonPackages.flup;
-  };
-
   vim = callPackage ../applications/editors/vim {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Carbon Cocoa;
   };
@@ -14259,15 +14242,13 @@ let
     lua = lua5;
   };
 
-  jamp = builderDefsPackage (callPackage ../games/jamp) {};
-
   klavaro = callPackage ../games/klavaro {};
 
   kobodeluxe = callPackage ../games/kobodeluxe { };
 
   lgogdownloader = callPackage ../games/lgogdownloader { };
 
-  lincity = builderDefsPackage (callPackage ../games/lincity) {};
+  lincity = callPackage ../games/lincity {};
 
   lincity_ng = callPackage ../games/lincity/ng.nix {};
 
@@ -14580,7 +14561,7 @@ let
 
   zandronum-bin = callPackage ../games/zandronum/bin.nix { };
 
-  zangband = builderDefsPackage (callPackage ../games/zangband) {};
+  zangband = callPackage ../games/zangband { };
 
   zdoom = callPackage ../games/zdoom { };
 
@@ -14953,8 +14934,6 @@ let
 
   mrbayes = callPackage ../applications/science/biology/mrbayes { };
 
-  ncbiCTools = builderDefsPackage (callPackage ../development/libraries/ncbi) {};
-
   ncbi_tools = callPackage ../applications/science/biology/ncbi-tools { };
 
   paml = callPackage ../applications/science/biology/paml { };
@@ -14982,8 +14961,6 @@ let
 
   blas = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/blas { };
 
-  content = builderDefsPackage (callPackage ../applications/science/math/content) {};
-
   jags = callPackage ../applications/science/math/jags { };