diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/xml-light/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/xml-light/default.nix
index f91eb0b5b5c..5ebaadf214f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/xml-light/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/xml-light/default.nix
@@ -1,35 +1,20 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, ocaml, findlib, gitUpdater }:
+{ lib
+, buildDunePackage
+, fetchurl
+}:
 
-lib.throwIf (lib.versionAtLeast ocaml.version "5.0")
-  "xml-light is not available for OCaml ${ocaml.version}"
+buildDunePackage rec {
+  pname = "xml-light";
+  version = "2.5";
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "ocaml${ocaml.version}-xml-light";
-  version = "2.4";
+  duneVersion = "3";
+  minimalOCamlVersion = "4.03";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "ncannasse";
-    repo = "xml-light";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-2txmkl/ZN5RGaLQJmr+orqwB4CbFk2RpLJd4gr7kPiE=";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/ncannasse/xml-light/releases/download/${version}/xml-light-${version}.tbz";
+    hash = "sha256-9YwrPbcK0boICw0wauMvgsy7ldq7ksWZzcRn0eROAD0=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ ocaml findlib ];
-
-  strictDeps = true;
-
-  createFindlibDestdir = true;
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-    make install_ocamlfind
-    mkdir -p $out/share
-    cp -vai doc $out/share/
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater { };
-
   meta = {
     description = "Minimal Xml parser and printer for OCaml";
     longDescription = ''
@@ -42,6 +27,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "http://tech.motion-twin.com/xmllight.html";
     license = lib.licenses.lgpl21;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.romildo ];
-    inherit (ocaml.meta) platforms;
   };
 }