diff --git a/pkgs/development/pharo/launcher/default.nix b/pkgs/development/pharo/launcher/default.nix
index 5f6deca863c..1737fb90c7a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/pharo/launcher/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/pharo/launcher/default.nix
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
      test "$?" == 124 && echo "ok")
   '';
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Launcher for Pharo distributions";
+    homepage = "https://pharo.org";
     longDescription = ''
-
       Pharo's goal is to deliver a clean, innovative, free open-source
       Smalltalk-inspired environment. By providing a stable and small
       core system, excellent dev tools, and maintained releases, Pharo
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       access it very rapidly from your OS application launcher. As a
       result, launching any image is never more than 3 clicks away.
     '';
-    homepage = "http://pharo.org";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+    license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ ];
     platforms = pharo.meta.platforms;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/build-vm-legacy.nix b/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/build-vm-legacy.nix
index fd6312c7b27..13db30eae90 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/build-vm-legacy.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/build-vm-legacy.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,20 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, bash, unzip, glibc, openssl, gcc, libGLU, libGL, freetype, xorg, alsaLib, cairo, libuuid, makeWrapper, ... }:
+{ stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, cmake
+, bash
+, unzip
+, glibc
+, openssl
+, gcc
+, libGLU
+, libGL
+, freetype
+, xorg
+, alsaLib
+, cairo
+, libuuid
+, makeWrapper
+, ... }:
 
 { name, src, ... }:
 
@@ -10,7 +26,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" "pic" ];
 
-  # Building
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ unzip cmake gcc makeWrapper ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ bash glibc openssl libGLU libGL freetype
+                  xorg.libX11 xorg.libICE xorg.libSM alsaLib cairo pharo-share ];
+
+  LD_LIBRARY_PATH = stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath
+    [ cairo libGLU libGL freetype openssl libuuid alsaLib
+      xorg.libICE xorg.libSM ];
+
   preConfigure = ''
     cd build/
   '';
@@ -46,12 +70,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ln -s "${pharo-share}/lib/"*.sources $prefix/lib/$name
   '';
 
-  LD_LIBRARY_PATH = stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ cairo libGLU libGL freetype openssl libuuid alsaLib xorg.libICE xorg.libSM ];
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ unzip cmake gcc makeWrapper ];
-  buildInputs = [ bash glibc openssl libGLU libGL freetype xorg.libX11 xorg.libICE xorg.libSM alsaLib cairo pharo-share ];
-
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Clean and innovative Smalltalk-inspired environment";
+    homepage = "https://pharo.org";
     longDescription = ''
       Pharo's goal is to deliver a clean, innovative, free open-source
       Smalltalk-inspired environment. By providing a stable and small core
@@ -65,9 +86,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       Please fill bug reports on http://bugs.pharo.org under the 'Ubuntu
       packaging (ppa:pharo/stable)' project.
     '';
-    homepage = "http://pharo.org";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.lukego ];
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.lukego ];
     # Pharo VM sources are packaged separately for darwin (OS X)
     platforms = stdenv.lib.filter
       (system: with stdenv.lib.systems.elaborate { inherit system; };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/build-vm.nix b/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/build-vm.nix
index 4bc60dde410..d5469233f38 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/build-vm.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/build-vm.nix
@@ -46,6 +46,33 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
                        # while the VM depends on <= gcc48:
                        "stackprotector" ];
 
+  # gcc 4.8 used for the build:
+  #
+  # gcc5 crashes during compilation; gcc >= 4.9 produces a
+  # binary that crashes when forking a child process. See:
+  # http://forum.world.st/OSProcess-fork-issue-with-Debian-built-VM-td4947326.html
+  #
+  # (stack protection is disabled above for gcc 4.8 compatibility.)
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    bash
+    unzip
+    glibc
+    openssl
+    gcc48
+    libGLU libGL
+    freetype
+    xorg.libX11
+    xorg.libICE
+    xorg.libSM
+    alsaLib
+    cairo
+    pharo-share
+    libuuid
+  ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   # Regenerate the configure script.
   # Unnecessary? But the build breaks without this.
   autoreconfPhase = ''
@@ -123,35 +150,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ln -s ${libgit2}/lib/libgit2.so* "$out/"
   '';
 
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  # gcc 4.8 used for the build:
-  #
-  # gcc5 crashes during compilation; gcc >= 4.9 produces a
-  # binary that crashes when forking a child process. See:
-  # http://forum.world.st/OSProcess-fork-issue-with-Debian-built-VM-td4947326.html
-  #
-  # (stack protection is disabled above for gcc 4.8 compatibility.)
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    bash
-    unzip
-    glibc
-    openssl
-    gcc48
-    libGLU libGL
-    freetype
-    xorg.libX11
-    xorg.libICE
-    xorg.libSM
-    alsaLib
-    cairo
-    pharo-share
-    libuuid
-  ];
-
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Clean and innovative Smalltalk-inspired environment";
+    homepage = "https://pharo.org";
     longDescription = ''
       Pharo's goal is to deliver a clean, innovative, free open-source
       Smalltalk-inspired environment. By providing a stable and small core
@@ -165,7 +166,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       Please fill bug reports on http://bugs.pharo.org under the 'Ubuntu
       packaging (ppa:pharo/stable)' project.
     '';
-    homepage = "http://pharo.org";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.lukego ];
     platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/share.nix b/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/share.nix
index ee7a0494ede..2c8c376b7c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/share.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/share.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     description = "Shared files for Pharo";
-    homepage = "http://pharo.org";
+    homepage = "https://pharo.org";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ ];
   };