diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/sope/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/sope/default.nix
index 1a6a9770362..0b61047377f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/sope/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/sope/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ gnustep, lib, fetchFromGitHub , libxml2, openssl
+{ gnustep, lib, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, libxml2, openssl
 , openldap, mariadb, libmysqlclient, postgresql }:
 
 gnustep.stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -12,20 +12,36 @@ gnustep.stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     hash = "sha256-sXIpKdJ5930+W+FsxQ8DZOq/49XWMM1zV8dIzbQdcbc=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "sope-no-unnecessary-vars.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/Alinto/sope/commit/0751a2f11961fd7de4e2728b6e34e9ba4ba5887e.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-1txj8Qehg2N7ZsiYQA2FXI4peQAE3HUwDYkJEP9WnEk=";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "sope-fix-wformat.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/Alinto/sope/commit/6adfadd5dd2da4041657ad071892f2c9b1704d22.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-zCbvVdbeBeNo3/cDVdYbyUUC2z8D6Q5ga0plUoMqr98=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ gnustep.make ];
-  buildInputs = lib.flatten ([ gnustep.base libxml2 openssl ]
+  buildInputs = [ gnustep.base libxml2 openssl ]
     ++ lib.optional (openldap != null) openldap
     ++ lib.optionals (mariadb != null) [ libmysqlclient mariadb ]
-    ++ lib.optional (postgresql != null) postgresql);
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    # Exclude NIX_ variables
-    sed -i 's/grep GNUSTEP_/grep ^GNUSTEP_/g' configure
-  '';
+    ++ lib.optional (postgresql != null) postgresql;
 
+  # Configure directories where files are installed to. Everything is automatically
+  # put into $out (thanks GNUstep) apart from the makefiles location which is where
+  # makefiles are read from during build but also where the SOPE makefiles are
+  # installed to in the install phase. We move them over after the installation.
   preConfigure = ''
-    export DESTDIR="$out"
+    mkdir -p /build/Makefiles
+    ln -s ${gnustep.make}/share/GNUstep/Makefiles/* /build/Makefiles
+    cat <<EOF > /build/GNUstep.conf
+    GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES=/build/Makefiles
+    EOF
   '';
 
   configureFlags = [ "--prefix=" "--disable-debug" "--enable-xml" "--with-ssl=ssl" ]
@@ -33,10 +49,12 @@ gnustep.stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ lib.optional (mariadb != null) "--enable-mysql"
     ++ lib.optional (postgresql != null) "--enable-postgresql";
 
-  # Yes, this is ugly.
-  preFixup = ''
-    cp -rlPa $out/nix/store/*/* $out
-    rm -rf $out/nix/store
+  env.GNUSTEP_CONFIG_FILE = "/build/GNUstep.conf";
+
+  # Move over the makefiles (see comment over preConfigure)
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/GNUstep/Makefiles
+    find /build/Makefiles -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -not -type l -exec cp -r '{}' $out/share/GNUstep/Makefiles \;
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/sogo/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/sogo/default.nix
index 93cb0e1bbbc..b04a33eb9ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/sogo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/sogo/default.nix
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ gnustep.stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     for bin in $out/bin/*; do
       wrapProgram $bin --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : $out/lib/sogo --prefix GNUSTEP_CONFIG_FILE : $out/share/GNUstep/GNUstep.conf
     done
-
-    rmdir $out/nix
   '';
 
   passthru.tests.sogo = nixosTests.sogo;