diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/lynx/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/lynx/default.nix
index fb4b33ef71a..42f45419198 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/lynx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/lynx/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses, gzip
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses, gzip, pkgconfig
 , sslSupport ? true, openssl ? null
 }:
 
@@ -13,14 +13,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1cqm1i7d209brkrpzaqqf2x951ra3l67dw8x9yg10vz7rpr9441a";
   };
 
-  configureFlags = []
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals sslSupport [ "--with-ssl=${openssl.dev}" ];
+  configureFlags = [ "--enable-widec" ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional sslSupport "--with-ssl";
 
-  buildInputs = [ ncurses gzip ];
-
-  crossAttrs = {
-    configureFlags = configureFlags ++ [ "--enable-widec" ];
-  };
+  nativeBuildInputs = stdenv.lib.optional sslSupport pkgconfig;
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses gzip ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional sslSupport openssl.dev;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://lynx.isc.org/;