diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/jdee/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/jdee/default.nix
index b25d178d1648..89d908826b1c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/jdee/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/jdee/default.nix
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ in
       mkdir -p "dist"
       cat > build.properties <<EOF
         dist.lisp.dir = dist/share/emacs/site-lisp
-        dist.java.lib.dir = dist/lib/java
-        dist.jar.jde.file = dist/lib/java/jde.jar
+        dist.java.lib.dir = dist/share/java
+        dist.jar.jde.file = dist/share/java/jde.jar
         dist.java.src.dir = dist/src/${name}/java
         dist.doc.dir  dist/doc/${name}
         prefix.dir = $out
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ in
       for i in "lisp/"*.el
       do
         sed -i "$i" -e "s|@out@|$out|g ;
-                        s|@javadir@|$out/lib/java|g ;
+                        s|@javadir@|$out/share/java|g ;
                         s|@datadir@|$out/share/${name}|g"
       done
     '';
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ in
 
       # Move everything that's not a JAR to $datadir.  This includes
       # `sun_checks.xml', license files, etc.
-      cd "$out/lib/java"
+      cd "$out/share/java"
       for i in *
       do
         if echo $i | grep -qv '\.jar''$'
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/jdee/java-directory.patch b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/jdee/java-directory.patch
index 53aa8edc6eaa..ec03749daa67 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/jdee/java-directory.patch
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/jdee/java-directory.patch
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Tell the elisp code about the right Java directory.
 -    (oset this bsh-cmd-dir (expand-file-name "bsh-commands" jde-java-directory))
 -    (oset this checkstyle-jar  (expand-file-name "lib/checkstyle-all.jar" jde-java-directory))
 -    (oset this regexp-jar (expand-file-name "lib/jakarta-regexp.jar" jde-java-directory))
-+  (let ((jde-java-directory "@out@/lib/java"))
++  (let ((jde-java-directory "@out@/share/java"))
 +
 +    (oset this bsh-cmd-dir "@datadir@/bsh-commands")
 +    (oset this checkstyle-jar  (expand-file-name "checkstyle-all.jar" jde-java-directory))
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Tell the elisp code about the right Java directory.
 -	  (concat
 -	   (jde-find-jde-data-directory)
 -	   "java/"))
-+	 (jde-java-directory "@out@/lib/java")
++	 (jde-java-directory "@out@/share/java")
  	 (args (append
  		(unless jde-checkstyle-expanded-properties-file
  		  (jde-checkstyle-get-property-args this))
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Tell the elisp code about the right Java directory.
 -	     (jde-java-directory
 -	      (expand-file-name "java"
 -	       (jde-find-jde-data-directory)))
-+	     (jde-java-directory "@out@/lib/java")
++	     (jde-java-directory "@out@/share/java")
  	     (vm-args 
  		(let (args)
  		  (setq args 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/zgrviewer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/zgrviewer/default.nix
index 93d1b28854a6..4eefd5749b65 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/zgrviewer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/zgrviewer/default.nix
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [jre unzip];
   buildPhase = "";
   installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p "$out"/{bin,lib/java/zvtm/plugins,share/doc/zvtm}
+    mkdir -p "$out"/{bin,share/java/zvtm/plugins,share/doc/zvtm}
 
     cp overview.html *.license.* "$out/share/doc/zvtm"
 
-    cp -r target/* "$out/lib/java/zvtm/"
+    cp -r target/* "$out/share/java/zvtm/"
 
     echo '#!/bin/sh' > "$out/bin/zgrviewer"
-    echo "java -jar '$out/lib/java/zvtm/zgrviewer-${version}.jar'" >> "$out/bin/zgrviewer"
+    echo "java -jar '$out/share/java/zvtm/zgrviewer-${version}.jar'" >> "$out/bin/zgrviewer"
     chmod a+x "$out/bin/zgrviewer"
   '';
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/release/ant-build.nix b/pkgs/build-support/release/ant-build.nix
index c3ff7d100ccc..1ca3c65d3f25 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/release/ant-build.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/release/ant-build.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (
 
     antSetupPhase = with stdenv.lib; ''
       if test "$hydraAntLogger" != "" ; then
-        export ANT_ARGS="-logger org.hydra.ant.HydraLogger -lib `ls $hydraAntLogger/lib/java/*.jar | head -1`"
+        export ANT_ARGS="-logger org.hydra.ant.HydraLogger -lib `ls $hydraAntLogger/share/java/*.jar | head -1`"
       fi
       for abi in ${concatStringsSep " " (map (f: "`find ${f} -name '*.jar'`") antBuildInputs)}; do
         export ANT_ARGS="$ANT_ARGS -lib $abi"
@@ -39,20 +39,20 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (
     '';
 
     installPhase = ''
-      mkdir -p $out/lib/java
+      mkdir -p $out/share/java
       ${ if jars == [] then '' 
-           find . -name "*.jar" | xargs -I{} cp -v {} $out/lib/java
+           find . -name "*.jar" | xargs -I{} cp -v {} $out/share/java
          '' else stdenv.lib.concatMapStrings (j: ''
-           cp -v ${j} $out/lib/java
+           cp -v ${j} $out/share/java
          '') jars }
-      for j in $out/lib/java/*.jar ; do
+      for j in $out/share/java/*.jar ; do
         echo file jar $j >> $out/nix-support/hydra-build-products
       done
     '';
 
     generateWrappersPhase = 
       let 
-        cp = w: "-cp '${lib.optionalString (w ? classPath) w.classPath}${lib.optionalString (w ? mainClass) ":$out/lib/java/*"}'";
+        cp = w: "-cp '${lib.optionalString (w ? classPath) w.classPath}${lib.optionalString (w ? mainClass) ":$out/share/java/*"}'";
       in
       '' 
       header "Generating jar wrappers"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/closure/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/closure/default.nix
index 13c9f1c03505..428346b78b6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/closure/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/closure/default.nix
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ gnutar ];
 
   installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/lib/java $out/bin
+    mkdir -p $out/share/java $out/bin
     tar -xzf $src
-    cp -r compiler.jar $out/lib/java/
+    cp -r compiler.jar $out/share/java/
     echo "#!${bash}/bin/bash" > $out/bin/closure-compiler
-    echo "${jre}/bin/java -jar $out/lib/java/compiler.jar \"\$@\"" >> $out/bin/closure-compiler
+    echo "${jre}/bin/java -jar $out/share/java/compiler.jar \"\$@\"" >> $out/bin/closure-compiler
     chmod +x $out/bin/closure-compiler
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/clojure/clooj.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/clojure/clooj.nix
index b39c1fd6209c..c1e104458302 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/clojure/clooj.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/clojure/clooj.nix
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   phases = "installPhase";
 
   installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/lib/java
-    ln -s $jar $out/lib/java/clooj.jar
-    makeWrapper ${jre}/bin/java $out/bin/clooj --add-flags "-jar $out/lib/java/clooj.jar"
+    mkdir -p $out/share/java
+    ln -s $jar $out/share/java/clooj.jar
+    makeWrapper ${jre}/bin/java $out/bin/clooj --add-flags "-jar $out/share/java/clooj.jar"
   '';
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/clojure/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/clojure/default.nix
index 239dc1afa2a4..adffa9c9666f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/clojure/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/clojure/default.nix
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   buildPhase = "ant jar";
 
   installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/lib/java $out/bin/java
-    install -t $out/lib/java clojure.jar
-    makeWrapper ${jdk.jre}/bin/java $out/bin/clojure --add-flags "-cp $out/lib/java/clojure.jar clojure.main"
+    mkdir -p $out/share/java $out/bin/java
+    install -t $out/share/java clojure.jar
+    makeWrapper ${jdk.jre}/bin/java $out/bin/clojure --add-flags "-cp $out/share/java/clojure.jar clojure.main"
   '';
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/java/hydra-ant-logger/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/java/hydra-ant-logger/default.nix
index 10d2b3d4b8fd..c54c3f3a8ee8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/java/hydra-ant-logger/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/java/hydra-ant-logger/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildPhase = "mkdir lib; ant";
 
   installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/lib/java
-    cp -v *.jar $out/lib/java
+    mkdir -p $out/share/java
+    cp -v *.jar $out/share/java
   '';
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/java/rhino/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/java/rhino/default.nix
index a61ea5e60452..ec19e381281d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/java/rhino/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/java/rhino/default.nix
@@ -9,48 +9,49 @@ let
     sha256 = "1pb08d9j81d0wz5wj31idz198iwhqb7mch872n08jh1354rjlqwk";
   };
 in
-  stdenv.mkDerivation {
-    name = "rhino-${version}";
 
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/js/rhino1_7R2.zip";
-      sha256 = "1p32hkghi6bkc3cf2dcqyaw5cjj7403mykcp0fy8f5bsnv0pszv7";
-    };
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "rhino-${version}";
 
-    patches = [ ./gcj-type-mismatch.patch ];
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/js/rhino1_7R2.zip";
+    sha256 = "1p32hkghi6bkc3cf2dcqyaw5cjj7403mykcp0fy8f5bsnv0pszv7";
+  };
 
-    preConfigure =
-      '' find -name \*.jar -or -name \*.class -exec rm -v {} \;
+  patches = [ ./gcj-type-mismatch.patch ];
 
-         # The build process tries to download it by itself.
-         mkdir -p "build/tmp-xbean"
-         ln -sv "${xbeans}" "build/tmp-xbean/xbean.zip"
+  preConfigure =
+    ''
+      find -name \*.jar -or -name \*.class -exec rm -v {} \;
+
+      # The build process tries to download it by itself.
+      mkdir -p "build/tmp-xbean"
+      ln -sv "${xbeans}" "build/tmp-xbean/xbean.zip"
+    '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ unzip ant javac jvm ];
+
+  buildPhase = "ant ${options} jar";
+  doCheck    = false;
+
+  # FIXME: Install javadoc as well.
+  installPhase =
+    ''
+      mkdir -p "$out/share/java"
+      cp -v *.jar "$out/share/java"
+    '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Mozilla Rhino: JavaScript for Java";
+
+    longDescription =
+      '' Rhino is an open-source implementation of JavaScript written
+         entirely in Java.  It is typically embedded into Java applications
+         to provide scripting to end users.
       '';
 
-    buildInputs = [ unzip ant javac jvm ];
+    homepage = http://www.mozilla.org/rhino/;
 
-    buildPhase = "ant ${options} jar";
-    doCheck    = false;
-
-    # FIXME: Install javadoc as well.
-    installPhase =
-      '' mkdir -p "$out/lib/java"
-         cp -v *.jar "$out/lib/java"
-      '';
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Mozilla Rhino: JavaScript for Java";
-
-      longDescription =
-        '' Rhino is an open-source implementation of JavaScript written
-           entirely in Java.  It is typically embedded into Java applications
-           to provide scripting to end users.
-        '';
-
-      homepage = http://www.mozilla.org/rhino/;
-
-      licenses = [ "MPLv1.1" /* or */ "GPLv2+" ];
-
-      maintainers = [ ];
-    };
-  }
+    licenses = [ "MPLv1.1" /* or */ "GPLv2+" ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/leiningen/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/leiningen/builder.sh
index 8d0924028cc8..6a66466506cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/leiningen/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/leiningen/builder.sh
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-set -e
-
 source $stdenv/setup
 
-mkdir -pv $out/bin $out/lib
+mkdir -pv $out/bin $out/share/java
 
 out_bin=$out/bin/lein
 
 cp -v $src $out_bin
-cp -v $jarsrc $out/lib
-cp -v $clojure/lib/java/* $out/lib
+cp -v $jarsrc $out/share/java
+cp -v $clojure/share/java/* $out/share/java/
 
 for p in $patches;
 do
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/leiningen/lein_2.3.0.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/leiningen/lein_2.3.0.patch
index 23f6b6247764..f7d5bc4d9a7e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/leiningen/lein_2.3.0.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/leiningen/lein_2.3.0.patch
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 46c47
 < LEIN_JAR=/usr/share/java/leiningen-$LEIN_VERSION-standalone.jar
 ---
-> LEIN_JAR=$(find $(dirname $0)/../lib -name *-standalone.jar | head -n 1)
+> LEIN_JAR=$(find $(dirname $0)/../share/java -name *-standalone.jar | head -n 1)
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/jdiskreport/builder.sh b/pkgs/tools/misc/jdiskreport/builder.sh
index cdc5f94bde0c..f95dafedd32a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/jdiskreport/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/jdiskreport/builder.sh
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ unzip $src
 
 jar=$(ls */*.jar)
 
-mkdir -p $out/lib/java
-mv $jar $out/lib/java
+mkdir -p $out/share/java
+mv $jar $out/share/java
 
 mkdir -p $out/bin
 cat > $out/bin/jdiskreport <<EOF
 #! $SHELL -e
-exec $jre/bin/java -jar $out/lib/java/$(basename $jar)
+exec $jre/bin/java -jar $out/share/java/$(basename $jar)
 EOF
 chmod +x $out/bin/jdiskreport
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/smc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/smc/default.nix
index a12a40e8ed71..c7c389a3733f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/smc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/smc/default.nix
@@ -14,16 +14,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     mkdir -p "$out/share/smc"
     mkdir -p "$out/share/smc/lib"
     mkdir -p "$out/share/icons"
-    mkdir -p "$out/lib/java"
+    mkdir -p "$out/share/java"
 
-    cp bin/Smc.jar "$out/lib/java/"
+    cp bin/Smc.jar "$out/share/java/"
     cp -r examples/ docs/ tools/ README.txt LICENSE.txt "$out/share/smc/"
     cp -r lib/* "$out/share/smc/lib/"
     cp misc/smc.ico "$out/share/icons/"
 
     cat > "$out/bin/smc" << EOF
     #!${stdenv.shell}
-    ${jre}/bin/java -jar "$out/lib/java/Smc.jar" "\$@"
+    ${jre}/bin/java -jar "$out/share/java/Smc.jar" "\$@"
     EOF
     chmod a+x "$out/bin/smc"
   '';