diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/default.nix
index 626e3b1297e..5d256bc7024 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/default.nix
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   
   configureFlags = "--enable-threadsafe";
 
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-DSQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA=1 -DSQLITE_SECURE_DELETE=1 -DSQLITE_ENABLE_UNLOCK_NOTIFY=1";
-  NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = if readline != null then "-lncurses" else "";
+  CFLAGS = "-DSQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA=1 -DSQLITE_SECURE_DELETE=1 -DSQLITE_ENABLE_UNLOCK_NOTIFY=1";
+  LDFLAGS = if readline != null then "-lncurses" else "";
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.sqlite.org/;