diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/getopt/builder.sh b/pkgs/tools/misc/getopt/builder.sh
index b086693baec..0b1da9d6612 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/getopt/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/getopt/builder.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-. $stdenv/setup || exit 1
-
-tar xvfz $src || exit 1
-cd getopt-* || exit 1
-make || exit 1
-make install prefix=$out || exit 1
+. $stdenv/setup
+installFlags="prefix=$out"
+makeFlags="CFLAGS=-DWITHOUT_GETTEXT LIBCGETOPT=0"
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/getopt/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/getopt/default.nix
index 1e27204a5af..b02648e8c93 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/getopt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/getopt/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl}: stdenv.mkDerivation {
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "getopt-1.1.3";
   builder = ./builder.sh;
   src = fetchurl {