diff --git a/pkgs/servers/xmpp/ejabberd/builder.sh b/pkgs/servers/xmpp/ejabberd/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index df0dd1963e2..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/servers/xmpp/ejabberd/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-tar xfvz $src
-cd ejabberd-*/src
-./configure --prefix=$out
-make
-make install
-
-# Fix runtime dependency for erlang
-sed -i -e "s|erl \\\|$erlang/bin/erl \\\|" $out/sbin/ejabberdctl
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/xmpp/ejabberd/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/xmpp/ejabberd/default.nix
index 5409db1cfb3..27d5bf034a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/xmpp/ejabberd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/xmpp/ejabberd/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,21 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "ejabberd-2.0.0";
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
   src = fetchurl {
     url = http://www.process-one.net/downloads/ejabberd/2.0.0/ejabberd-2.0.0.tar.gz;
     sha256 = "086e105cb402ef868e3187277db1486807e1b34a2e3e3679f0ee6de1e5fd2e54";
   };
   buildInputs = [ expat erlang zlib openssl ];
-  inherit expat erlang zlib openssl;
+  patchPhase = ''
+    sed -i -e "s|erl \\\|${erlang}/bin/erl \\\|" src/ejabberdctl.template
+  '';
+  preConfigure = ''
+    cd src
+  '';  
+  
+  meta = {
+    description = "Open-source XMPP application server written in Erlang";
+    license = "GPLv2";
+    homepage = http://www.ejabberd.im;
+  };
 }