diff --git a/pkgs/misc/uboot/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/uboot/default.nix
index 443841363bf..981fbce0a3a 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/uboot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/uboot/default.nix
@@ -1,62 +1,89 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, bc, dtc
-, toolsOnly ? false
-, defconfig ? "allnoconfig"
-, targetPlatforms
-, filesToInstall
-}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, bc, dtc }:
 
 let
-  platform = stdenv.platform;
-  crossPlatform = stdenv.cross.platform;
-  makeTarget = if toolsOnly then "tools NO_SDL=1" else "all";
-  installDir = if toolsOnly then "$out/bin" else "$out";
-  buildFun = kernelArch:
-    ''
-      if test -z "$crossConfig"; then
-          make ${makeTarget}
-      else
-          make ${makeTarget} ARCH=${kernelArch} CROSS_COMPILE=$crossConfig-
-      fi
+  buildUBoot = { targetPlatforms
+            , filesToInstall
+            , installDir ? "$out"
+            , defconfig
+            , extraMeta ? {}
+            , ... } @ args:
+           stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
+
+    name = "uboot-${defconfig}-${version}";
+    version = "2015.10";
+
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ bc dtc ];
+
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/u-boot-${version}.tar.bz2";
+      sha256 = "0m8r08izci0lzzjn5c5g5manp2rc7yc5swww0lxr7bamjigqvimx";
+    };
+
+    configurePhase = ''
+      make ${defconfig}
     '';
-in
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "uboot-${defconfig}-${version}";
-  version = "2015.10";
+    installPhase = ''
+      runHook preInstall
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/u-boot-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0m8r08izci0lzzjn5c5g5manp2rc7yc5swww0lxr7bamjigqvimx";
+      mkdir -p ${installDir}
+      cp ${stdenv.lib.concatStringsSep " " filesToInstall} ${installDir}
+
+      runHook postInstall
+    '';
+
+    dontStrip = true;
+
+    crossAttrs = {
+      makeFlags = [
+        "ARCH=${stdenv.cross.platform.kernelArch}"
+        "CROSS_COMPILE=${stdenv.cross.config}-"
+      ];
+    };
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      homepage = "http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/";
+      description = "Boot loader for embedded systems";
+      license = licenses.gpl2;
+      maintainers = [ maintainers.dezgeg ];
+      platforms = targetPlatforms;
+    } // extraMeta;
+  } // args);
+
+in rec {
+  inherit buildUBoot;
+
+  ubootTools = buildUBoot rec {
+    installDir = "$out/bin";
+    buildFlags = "tools NO_SDL=1";
+    dontStrip = false;
+    targetPlatforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    filesToInstall = ["tools/dumpimage" "tools/mkenvimage" "tools/mkimage"];
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./vexpress-Use-config_distro_bootcmd.patch ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ bc dtc ];
-
-  configurePhase = ''
-    make ${defconfig}
-  '';
-
-  buildPhase = assert (platform ? kernelArch);
-    buildFun platform.kernelArch;
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p ${installDir}
-    cp ${stdenv.lib.concatStringsSep " " filesToInstall} ${installDir}
-  '';
-
-  dontStrip = !toolsOnly;
-
-  crossAttrs = {
-    buildPhase = assert (crossPlatform ? kernelArch);
-      buildFun crossPlatform.kernelArch;
+  ubootJetsonTK1 = buildUBoot rec {
+    defconfig = "jetson-tk1_defconfig";
+    targetPlatforms = ["armv7l-linux"];
+    filesToInstall = ["u-boot" "u-boot.dtb" "u-boot-dtb-tegra.bin" "u-boot-nodtb-tegra.bin"];
   };
 
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = "http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/";
-    description = "Boot loader for embedded systems";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.dezgeg ];
-    platforms = targetPlatforms;
+  ubootPcduino3Nano = buildUBoot rec {
+    defconfig = "Linksprite_pcDuino3_Nano_defconfig";
+    targetPlatforms = ["armv7l-linux"];
+    filesToInstall = ["u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin"];
+  };
+
+  ubootRaspberryPi = buildUBoot rec {
+    defconfig = "rpi_defconfig";
+    targetPlatforms = ["armv6l-linux"];
+    filesToInstall = ["u-boot.bin"];
+  };
+
+  # Intended only for QEMU's vexpress-a9 emulation target!
+  ubootVersatileExpressCA9 = buildUBoot rec {
+    defconfig = "vexpress_ca9x4_defconfig";
+    targetPlatforms = ["armv7l-linux"];
+    filesToInstall = ["u-boot"];
+    patches = [ ./vexpress-Use-config_distro_bootcmd.patch ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1c283e4acb1..bac0f0dd8b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10574,36 +10574,13 @@ let
   ubootChooser = name: ubootTools;
 
   # Upstream U-Boots:
-  ubootTools = callPackage ../misc/uboot {
-    toolsOnly = true;
-    targetPlatforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-    filesToInstall = ["tools/dumpimage" "tools/mkenvimage" "tools/mkimage"];
-  };
-
-  ubootJetsonTK1 = callPackage ../misc/uboot {
-    defconfig = "jetson-tk1_defconfig";
-    targetPlatforms = ["armv7l-linux"];
-    filesToInstall = ["u-boot" "u-boot.dtb" "u-boot-dtb-tegra.bin" "u-boot-nodtb-tegra.bin"];
-  };
-
-  ubootPcduino3Nano = callPackage ../misc/uboot {
-    defconfig = "Linksprite_pcDuino3_Nano_defconfig";
-    targetPlatforms = ["armv7l-linux"];
-    filesToInstall = ["u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin"];
-  };
-
-  ubootRaspberryPi = callPackage ../misc/uboot {
-    defconfig = "rpi_defconfig";
-    targetPlatforms = ["armv6l-linux"];
-    filesToInstall = ["u-boot.bin"];
-  };
-
-  # Intended only for QEMU's vexpress-a9 emulation target!
-  ubootVersatileExpressCA9 = callPackage ../misc/uboot {
-    defconfig = "vexpress_ca9x4_defconfig";
-    targetPlatforms = ["armv7l-linux"];
-    filesToInstall = ["u-boot"];
-  };
+  inherit (callPackage ../misc/uboot {})
+    buildUBoot
+    ubootJetsonTK1
+    ubootPcduino3Nano
+    ubootRaspberryPi
+    ubootVersatileExpressCA9
+    ;
 
   # Non-upstream U-Boots:
   ubootSheevaplug = callPackage ../misc/uboot/sheevaplug.nix { };