diff --git a/pkgs/servers/dict/dictd-db.nix b/pkgs/servers/dict/dictd-db.nix
index ed462b953826..995a643d7efd 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/dict/dictd-db.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/dict/dictd-db.nix
@@ -1,92 +1,85 @@
-{ builderDefs }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
-let makeDictdDB = _src: _name: _subdir: _locale:
-with builderDefs;
-	let localDefs = builderDefs.passthru.function (rec {
-		src=_src;
-		doInstall = fullDepEntry (''
-			mkdir -p $out/share/dictd
-			tar xf  ${src}
-			cp $(ls ./${_subdir}/*.{dict*,index} || true) $out/share/dictd 
-			echo "${_locale}" >$out/share/dictd/locale
-		'') ["minInit" "addInputs" "defEnsureDir"];
+let
+ # Probably a bug in some FreeDict release files, but easier to trivially
+ # work around than report. Not that it can cause any other problems..
+ makeDictdDBFreedict = src: name: locale:
+   makeDictdDB src name "{.,bin}" locale;
 
-		buildInputs = [];
-		configureFlags = [];
-	});
-	in with localDefs;
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-	name = "dictd-db-${_name}";
-	locale = _locale;
-	dbName = _name;
-	builder = writeScript (name + "-builder")
-		(textClosure localDefs 
-			[doInstall doForceShare doPropagate]);
-	meta = {
-		description = "${name} dictionary for dictd";
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-	};
-};
-# Probably a bug in some FreeDict release files, but easier to trivially
-# work around than report. Not that it can cause any other problems..
-makeDictdDBFreedict = _src: _name: _locale: makeDictdDB _src _name "{.,bin}" _locale;
-fetchurl = builderDefs.fetchurl;
+ makeDictdDB = src: _name: _subdir: _locale:
+   stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+     name = "dictd-db-${_name}";
+     inherit src;
+     locale = _locale;
+     dbName = _name;
+     buildPhase = ":";
+     unpackPhase = ''
+       tar xf  ${src}
+     '';
+     installPhase = ''
+       mkdir -p $out/share/dictd
+       cp $(ls ./${_subdir}/*.{dict*,index} || true) $out/share/dictd
+       echo "${_locale}" >$out/share/dictd/locale
+     '';
 
-in 
-
-rec {
-	nld2eng = makeDictdDBFreedict (fetchurl {
-		url = http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/freedict/nld-eng.tar.gz;
-		sha256 = "1vhw81pphb64fzsjvpzsnnyr34ka2fxizfwilnxyjcmpn9360h07";
-	}) "nld-eng" "nl_NL";
-	eng2nld =  makeDictdDBFreedict (fetchurl {
-		url = mirror://sourceforge/freedict/eng-nld.tar.gz;
-		sha256 = "0rcg28ldykv0w2mpxc6g4rqmfs33q7pbvf68ssy1q9gpf6mz7vcl";
-	}) "eng-nld" "en_UK";
-	eng2rus = makeDictdDBFreedict (fetchurl {
-		url = mirror://sourceforge/freedict/eng-rus.tar.gz;
-		sha256 = "15409ivhww1wsfjr05083pv6mg10bak8v5pg1wkiqybk7ck61rry";
-	}) "eng-rus" "en_UK";
-	fra2eng = makeDictdDBFreedict (fetchurl {
-		url = mirror://sourceforge/freedict/fra-eng.tar.gz;
-		sha256 = "0sdd88s2zs5whiwdf3hd0s4pzzv75sdsccsrm1wxc87l3hjm85z3";
-	}) "fra-eng" "fr_FR";
-	eng2fra = makeDictdDBFreedict (fetchurl {
-		url = mirror://sourceforge/freedict/eng-fra.tar.gz;
-		sha256 = "0fi6rrnbqnhc6lq8d0nmn30zdqkibrah0mxfg27hsn9z7alwbj3m";
-	}) "eng-fra" "en_UK";
-	mueller_eng2rus_pkg = makeDictdDB (fetchurl {
-		url = mirror://sourceforge/mueller-dict/mueller-dict-3.1.tar.gz;
-		sha256 = "04r5xxznvmcb8hkxqbjgfh2gxvbdd87jnhqn5gmgvxxw53zpwfmq";
-	}) "mueller-eng-rus" "mueller-dict-*/dict" "en_UK";
-	mueller_enru_abbr = {
-		outPath = "${mueller_eng2rus_pkg}/share/dictd/mueller-abbrev";
-		name = "mueller-abbr";
-		dbName = "mueller-abbr";
-		locale = "en_UK";
-	};
-	mueller_enru_base = {
-		outPath = "${mueller_eng2rus_pkg}/share/dictd/mueller-base";
-		name = "mueller-base";
-		dbName = "mueller-base";
-		locale = "en_UK";
-	};
-	mueller_enru_dict = {
-		outPath = "${mueller_eng2rus_pkg}/share/dictd/mueller-dict";
-		name = "mueller-dict";
-		dbName = "mueller-dict";
-		locale = "en_UK";
-	};
-	mueller_enru_geo = {
-		outPath = "${mueller_eng2rus_pkg}/share/dictd/mueller-geo";
-		name = "mueller-geo";
-		dbName = "mueller-geo";
-		locale = "en_UK";
-	};
-	mueller_enru_names = {
-		outPath = "${mueller_eng2rus_pkg}/share/dictd/mueller-names";
-		name = "mueller-names";
-		dbName = "mueller-names";
-		locale = "en_UK";
-	};
+     meta = {
+       description = "dictd-db dictionary for dictd";
+       platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+     };
+   };
+in rec {
+  nld2eng = makeDictdDBFreedict (fetchurl {
+    url = http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/freedict/nld-eng.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "1vhw81pphb64fzsjvpzsnnyr34ka2fxizfwilnxyjcmpn9360h07";
+  }) "nld-eng" "nl_NL";
+  eng2nld =  makeDictdDBFreedict (fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/freedict/eng-nld.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "0rcg28ldykv0w2mpxc6g4rqmfs33q7pbvf68ssy1q9gpf6mz7vcl";
+  }) "eng-nld" "en_UK";
+  eng2rus = makeDictdDBFreedict (fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/freedict/eng-rus.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "15409ivhww1wsfjr05083pv6mg10bak8v5pg1wkiqybk7ck61rry";
+  }) "eng-rus" "en_UK";
+  fra2eng = makeDictdDBFreedict (fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/freedict/fra-eng.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "0sdd88s2zs5whiwdf3hd0s4pzzv75sdsccsrm1wxc87l3hjm85z3";
+  }) "fra-eng" "fr_FR";
+  eng2fra = makeDictdDBFreedict (fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/freedict/eng-fra.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "0fi6rrnbqnhc6lq8d0nmn30zdqkibrah0mxfg27hsn9z7alwbj3m";
+  }) "eng-fra" "en_UK";
+  mueller_eng2rus_pkg = makeDictdDB (fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/mueller-dict/mueller-dict-3.1.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "04r5xxznvmcb8hkxqbjgfh2gxvbdd87jnhqn5gmgvxxw53zpwfmq";
+  }) "mueller-eng-rus" "mueller-dict-*/dict" "en_UK";
+  mueller_enru_abbr = {
+    outPath = "${mueller_eng2rus_pkg}/share/dictd/mueller-abbrev";
+    name = "mueller-abbr";
+    dbName = "mueller-abbr";
+    locale = "en_UK";
+  };
+  mueller_enru_base = {
+    outPath = "${mueller_eng2rus_pkg}/share/dictd/mueller-base";
+    name = "mueller-base";
+    dbName = "mueller-base";
+    locale = "en_UK";
+  };
+  mueller_enru_dict = {
+    outPath = "${mueller_eng2rus_pkg}/share/dictd/mueller-dict";
+    name = "mueller-dict";
+    dbName = "mueller-dict";
+    locale = "en_UK";
+  };
+  mueller_enru_geo = {
+    outPath = "${mueller_eng2rus_pkg}/share/dictd/mueller-geo";
+    name = "mueller-geo";
+    dbName = "mueller-geo";
+    locale = "en_UK";
+  };
+  mueller_enru_names = {
+    outPath = "${mueller_eng2rus_pkg}/share/dictd/mueller-names";
+    name = "mueller-names";
+    dbName = "mueller-names";
+    locale = "en_UK";
+  };
 }