diff --git a/pkgs/development/idris-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/idris-modules/default.nix
index 1dfa4e48899a..25f8dba00b02 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/idris-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/idris-modules/default.nix
@@ -31,10 +31,9 @@
 
     # Idris wrapper with specified compiler and library paths, used to build packages
 
-    idris =
-        (pkgs.callPackage ./idris-wrapper.nix {})
-          idris-no-deps
-          { path = [ pkgs.gcc ]; lib = [pkgs.gmp]; };
+    idris = pkgs.callPackage ./idris-wrapper.nix {
+      inherit idris-no-deps;
+    };
 
     # Utilities for building packages
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/idris-modules/idris-wrapper.nix b/pkgs/development/idris-modules/idris-wrapper.nix
index fcd02c4da246..f395bcd95d7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/idris-modules/idris-wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/idris-modules/idris-wrapper.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
-{ symlinkJoin, makeWrapper, stdenv }: idris: { path, lib }:
+{ lib, symlinkJoin, makeWrapper, idris-no-deps, gcc, gmp }:
 
 symlinkJoin {
-  name = idris.name;
-  src = idris.src;
-  paths = [ idris ];
+  inherit (idris-no-deps) name src meta;
+  paths = [ idris-no-deps ];
   buildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-  meta.platforms = idris.meta.platforms;
   postBuild = ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/idris \
-      --suffix PATH : ${ stdenv.lib.makeBinPath path } \
-      --suffix LIBRARY_PATH : ${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath lib}
-      '';
-  }
+      --run 'export IDRIS_CC=''${IDRIS_CC:-${lib.getBin gcc}/bin/gcc}' \
+      --suffix LIBRARY_PATH : ${lib.makeLibraryPath [ gmp ]}
+  '';
+}