diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/vala/0.23.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/vala/0.23.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 13b9c5f39832..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/vala/0.23.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, flex, bison, libxslt
-, glib, libiconv, libintlOrEmpty
-}:
-
-let
-  major = "0.23";
-  minor = "2";
-  sha256 = "0g22ss9qbm3fqhx4fxhsyfmdc5g1hgdw4dz9d37f4489kl0qf8pl";
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "vala-${major}.${minor}";
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Compiler for GObject type system";
-    homepage = "http://live.gnome.org/Vala";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ antono ];
-  };
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/vala/${major}/${name}.tar.xz";
-    inherit sha256;
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig flex bison libxslt ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ glib libiconv ]
-    ++ libintlOrEmpty;
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/vala/0.26.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/vala/0.26.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 78cb850c3565..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/vala/0.26.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, flex, bison, libxslt
-, glib, libiconv, libintlOrEmpty
-}:
-
-let
-  major = "0.26";
-  minor = "2";
-  sha256 = "37f13f430c56a93b6dac85239084681fd8f31c407d386809c43bc2f2836e03c4";
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "vala-${major}.${minor}";
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Compiler for GObject type system";
-    homepage = "http://live.gnome.org/Vala";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ antono lethalman ];
-  };
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/vala/${major}/${name}.tar.xz";
-    inherit sha256;
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig flex bison libxslt ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ glib libiconv ]
-    ++ libintlOrEmpty;
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/vala/0.28.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/vala/0.28.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index caec4fda8873..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/vala/0.28.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, flex, bison, libxslt
-, glib, libiconv, libintlOrEmpty
-}:
-
-let
-  major = "0.28";
-  minor = "0";
-  sha256 = "0zwpzhkhfk3piya14m7p2hl2vaabahprphppfm46ci91z39kp7hd";
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "vala-${major}.${minor}";
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Compiler for GObject type system";
-    homepage = "http://live.gnome.org/Vala";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ antono lethalman ];
-  };
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/vala/${major}/${name}.tar.xz";
-    inherit sha256;
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig flex bison libxslt ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ glib libiconv ]
-    ++ libintlOrEmpty;
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/vala/0.32.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/vala/0.32.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 202b9fff6c80..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/vala/0.32.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, flex, bison, libxslt
-, glib, libiconv, libintlOrEmpty
-}:
-
-let
-  major = "0.32";
-  minor = "1";
-  sha256 = "1ab1l44abf9fj1wznzq5956431ia136rl5049cggnk5393jlf3fx";
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "vala-${major}.${minor}";
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Compiler for GObject type system";
-    homepage = "http://live.gnome.org/Vala";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ antono lethalman ];
-  };
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/vala/${major}/${name}.tar.xz";
-    inherit sha256;
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig flex bison libxslt ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ glib libiconv ]
-    ++ libintlOrEmpty;
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/vala/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/vala/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b0153a754032
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/vala/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, flex, bison, libxslt
+, glib, libiconv, libintlOrEmpty
+}:
+
+let
+  generic = { major, minor, sha256 }:
+  stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+    name = "vala-${major}.${minor}";
+
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://gnome/sources/vala/${major}/${name}.tar.xz";
+      inherit sha256;
+    };
+
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig flex bison libxslt ];
+
+    buildInputs = [ glib libiconv ] ++ libintlOrEmpty;
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      description = "Compiler for GObject type system";
+      homepage = "http://live.gnome.org/Vala";
+      license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+      platforms = platforms.unix;
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ antono lethalman peterhoeg ];
+    };
+  };
+
+in rec {
+
+  vala_0_23 = generic {
+    major   = "0.23";
+    minor   = "2";
+    sha256  = "0g22ss9qbm3fqhx4fxhsyfmdc5g1hgdw4dz9d37f4489kl0qf8pl";
+  };
+
+  vala_0_26 = generic {
+    major   = "0.26";
+    minor   = "2";
+    sha256  = "1i03ds1z5hivqh4nhf3x80fg7n0zd22908w5minkpaan1i1kzw9p";
+  };
+
+  vala_0_28 = generic {
+    major   = "0.28";
+    minor   = "0";
+    sha256  = "0zwpzhkhfk3piya14m7p2hl2vaabahprphppfm46ci91z39kp7hd";
+  };
+
+  vala_0_32 = generic {
+    major   = "0.32";
+    minor   = "1";
+    sha256  = "1ab1l44abf9fj1wznzq5956431ia136rl5049cggnk5393jlf3fx";
+  };
+
+  vala_0_34 = generic {
+    major   = "0.34";
+    minor   = "1";
+    sha256  = "16cjybjw100qps6jg0jdyjh8hndz8a876zmxpybnf30a8vygrk7m";
+  };
+
+  vala = vala_0_34;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7cd32b1d6ff1..26b5f7a90fb1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5202,13 +5202,13 @@ in
 
   urweb = callPackage ../development/compilers/urweb { };
 
-  vala_0_23 = callPackage ../development/compilers/vala/0.23.nix { };
-
-  vala_0_26 = callPackage ../development/compilers/vala/0.26.nix { };
-
-  vala_0_28 = callPackage ../development/compilers/vala/0.28.nix { };
-
-  vala_0_32 = callPackage ../development/compilers/vala/0.32.nix { };
+  inherit (callPackage ../development/compilers/vala { })
+    vala_0_23
+    vala_0_26
+    vala_0_28
+    vala_0_32
+    vala_0_34
+    vala;
 
   valadoc = callPackage ../development/tools/valadoc { };