diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dmraid/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dmraid/default.nix
index aa78a517196..35efa8533ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dmraid/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dmraid/default.nix
@@ -1,33 +1,26 @@
-a :  
-let 
-  s = import ./src-for-default.nix;
-  buildInputs = with a; [
-    devicemapper
-  ];
-in
-rec {
-  src = a.fetchUrlFromSrcInfo s;
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, devicemapper }:
 
-  inherit (s) name;
-  inherit buildInputs;
-  configureFlags = [];
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "dmraid-1.0.0.rc15";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://people.redhat.com/~heinzm/sw/dmraid/src/old/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "01bcaq0sc329ghgj7f182xws7jgjpdc41bvris8fsiprnxc7511h";
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = "cd */";
+
+  buildInputs = [ devicemapper ];
 
-  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
-  phaseNames = ["doConfigure" "doMakeInstall"];
-  goSrcDir = "cd */";
-      
   meta = {
-    description = "Old-style RAID configuration utility.";
+    description = "Old-style RAID configuration utility";
     longDescritipn = ''
       Old RAID configuration utility (still under development, though).
       It is fully compatible with modern kernels and mdadm recognizes
       its volumes. May be needed for rescuing an older system or nuking
       the metadata when reformatting.
     '';
-    maintainers = [
-      a.lib.maintainers.raskin
-    ];
-    platforms = with a.lib.platforms; 
-      linux;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.raskin ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dmraid/src-for-default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dmraid/src-for-default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index b8f29ce4b5c..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dmraid/src-for-default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-rec {
-   version="1.0.0.rc15";
-   name="dmraid-1.0.0.rc15";
-   hash="01bcaq0sc329ghgj7f182xws7jgjpdc41bvris8fsiprnxc7511h";
-   url="http://people.redhat.com/~heinzm/sw/dmraid/src/old/dmraid-${version}.tar.bz2";
-   advertisedUrl="http://people.redhat.com/~heinzm/sw/dmraid/src/old/dmraid-1.0.0.rc15.tar.bz2";
-  
-  
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dmraid/src-info-for-default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dmraid/src-info-for-default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 12c4ab1e9a7..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dmraid/src-info-for-default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-  downloadPage = "http://people.redhat.com/~heinzm/sw/dmraid/src/old/?C=M;O=D";
-  baseName = "dmraid";
-  sourceRegexp = "^.*[.]tar[.]bz2\$";
-  versionExtractorSedScript = ''s/.*-(.*)[.]tar[.]bz2/\1/'';
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f90e19ac50a..1be0f1c38f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5445,9 +5445,7 @@ let
     inherit (xlibs) xproto;
   };
 
-  dmraid = builderDefsPackage ../os-specific/linux/dmraid {
-    inherit devicemapper;
-  };
+  dmraid = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/dmraid { };
 
   drbd = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/drbd { };