diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/osm2xmap/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/osm2xmap/default.nix
index 8ffc8ec69fe..1c19238541c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/osm2xmap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/osm2xmap/default.nix
@@ -12,18 +12,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   makeFlags = [
-    "GIT_VERSION=$(version)"
+    "GIT_VERSION=${version}"
     "GIT_TIMESTAMP="
-    "SHAREDIR=$(out)/share/"
-    "INSTALL_BINDIR=$(out)/bin"
-    "INSTALL_MANDIR=$(out)/share/man/man1"
-    "INSTALL_SHAREDIR=$(out)/share/"
+    "SHAREDIR=${placeholder ''out''}/share/osm2xmap"
+    "INSTALL_BINDIR=${placeholder ''out''}/bin"
+    "INSTALL_MANDIR=${placeholder ''out''}/share/man/man1"
   ];
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-DACCEPT_USE_OF_DEPRECATED_PROJ_API_H" ];
 
-  installFlags = [ "DESTDIR=$(out)" ];
-
   buildInputs = [ libroxml proj libyamlcpp boost ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {