diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/default.nix
index df24f6003d7..77d03f299f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/default.nix
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = false; # fails 8 out of 24 tests, problems when loading libc.so.6
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://nixos.org/patchelf.html;
-    license = "GPL";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
     description = "A small utility to modify the dynamic linker and RPATH of ELF executables";
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.eelco ];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.eelco ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
   };
 }