diff --git a/pkgs/games/sgt-puzzles/default.nix b/pkgs/games/sgt-puzzles/default.nix
index 8aaf1f0865c..67f74be9e1c 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/sgt-puzzles/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/sgt-puzzles/default.nix
@@ -1,40 +1,35 @@
-a :  
-let 
-  fetchsvn = a.fetchsvn;
-
-  version = a.lib.attrByPath ["version"] "r8541" a;
-  buildInputs = with a; [
+{stdenv, gtk, pkgconfig, libX11, perl, fetchsvn}:
+let
+  version = "10286";
+  buildInputs = [
     gtk pkgconfig libX11 perl
   ];
 in
-rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
   src = fetchsvn {
    url = svn://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/puzzles;
-   rev = "9773";
-   sha256 = "1m0mmxbcj0zi44dlmhk4h30d9hdy8g9f59r7k7906pgnnyf49611";
-  } + "/";
-
+   rev = version;
+   sha256 = "1mp1s33hjikby7jy6bcjwyzkdwlw1bw9dcc4cg5d80wmzkb0sqv0";
+  };
+  name = "sgt-puzzles-r" + version;
   inherit buildInputs;
-  configureFlags = [];
-  makeFlags = ["prefix=$out" "gamesdir=$out/bin"];
-
-  neededDirs = ["$out/bin" "$out/share"];
-  extraDoc = ["puzzles.txt"];
-
-  mkMakefiles = a.fullDepEntry ''
+  makeFlags = ["prefix=$(out)" "gamesdir=$(out)/bin"];
+  preInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p "$out"/{bin,share/doc/sgtpuzzles}
+    cp puzzles.txt LICENCE README "$out/share/doc/sgtpuzzles"
+    cp LICENCE "$out/share/doc/sgtpuzzles/LICENSE"
+  '';
+  preConfigure = ''
     perl mkfiles.pl
-  '' ["minInit" "doUnpack" "addInputs"];
-
-  setVars = a.noDepEntry ''
     export NIX_LDFLAGS="$NIX_LDFLAGS -lX11"
     export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE -Wno-error"
+    cp Makefile.gtk Makefile
   '';
-
-  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
-  phaseNames = ["addInputs" "setVars" "mkMakefiles" "doMakeInstall"];
-
-  name = "sgt-puzzles-" + version;
   meta = {
+    inherit version;
     description = "Simon Tatham's portable puzzle collection";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit ;
+    maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.raskin];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0147cefc0fb..b16f601e306 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13613,10 +13613,7 @@ let
 
   sdlmame = callPackage ../games/sdlmame { };
 
-  sgtpuzzles = builderDefsPackage (import ../games/sgt-puzzles) {
-    inherit pkgconfig fetchsvn perl gtk;
-    inherit (xlibs) libX11;
-  };
+  sgtpuzzles = callPackage (import ../games/sgt-puzzles) { };
 
   simutrans = callPackage ../games/simutrans { };
   # get binaries without data built by Hydra