diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/seccure/0.4.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/seccure/0.4.nix
index 79be594cee1..0a1452e5355 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/seccure/0.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/seccure/0.4.nix
@@ -1,26 +1,23 @@
-args : with args; with builderDefs;
-	let localDefs = builderDefs.passthru.function ((rec {
-		src = /* put a fetchurl here */
-		fetchurl {
-			url = http://point-at-infinity.org/seccure/seccure-0.4.tar.gz;
-			sha256 = "33d690a7034ee349bce4911a8b7c73e6e3cd13a140f429e9e628d5cd5a3bb955";
-		};
+{stdenv, fetchurl, libgcrypt}:
 
-		buildInputs = [libgcrypt];
-		configureFlags = [];
-		doPatch = FullDepEntry (''
-			sed -e s@/usr/@$out/@g -i Makefile
-			ensureDir $out/bin $out/share/man/man1
-		'') ["minInit" "doUnpack" "defEnsureDir"];
-	}) // args);
-	in with localDefs;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-	name = "seccure-"+version;
-	builder = writeScript (name + "-builder")
-		(textClosure localDefs 
-			["doPatch" doMakeInstall doForceShare doPropagate]);
-	meta = {
-		description = "Zero-configuration elliptic curve cryptography utility";
-		inherit src;
-	};
+  name = "seccure-0.4";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://point-at-infinity.org/seccure/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "33d690a7034ee349bce4911a8b7c73e6e3cd13a140f429e9e628d5cd5a3bb955";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [libgcrypt];
+  
+  preConfigure = ''
+    sed -e s@/usr/@$out/@g -i Makefile
+    sed -e 's@ln -f@ln -sf@g' -i Makefile
+    ensureDir $out/bin $out/share/man/man1
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://point-at-infinity.org/seccure/;
+    description = "Zero-configuration elliptic curve cryptography utility";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e47c8430f41..2622e88a4b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1252,17 +1252,10 @@ let
     inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses;
   };
 
-  seccure = composedArgsAndFun (selectVersion ../tools/security/seccure "0.4") {
-    inherit builderDefs libgcrypt;
+  seccure = import ../tools/security/seccure/0.4.nix {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv libgcrypt;
   };
 
-  # seccure will override it (it is root-only, but
-  # more secure because of memory locking), but this
-  # can be added to default system
-  seccureUser = lowPrio (seccure.passthru.function {
-    makeFlags = [" CFLAGS+=-DNOMEMLOCK "];
-  });
-
   semantic = import ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/semantic {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv emacs eieio;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
index 4b348b74725..2e4b1027bfd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
@@ -288,7 +288,6 @@ in {
   screen = linux ++ darwin;
   sdparm = linux;
   seccure = linux;
-  seccureUser = linux;
   sharutils = all;
   slim = linux;
   sloccount = allBut "i686-cygwin";