diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/alcotest/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/alcotest/default.nix
index d485b997c28d..3ebf0f3ed6bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/alcotest/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/alcotest/default.nix
@@ -1,45 +1,22 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchzip, ocaml, findlib, ocamlbuild, topkg, dune
-, cmdliner, astring, fmt, result, uuidm
+{ lib, buildDunePackage, fetchurl
+, astring, cmdliner, fmt, uuidm, re, stdlib-shims
 }:
 
-let param =
-  if stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast ocaml.version "4.02" then {
-    version = "0.8.5";
-    sha256 = "1mhckvdcxkikbzgvy24kjz4265l15b86a6swz7m3ynbgvqdcfzqn";
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ dune ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ uuidm ];
-    buildPhase = "dune build -p alcotest";
-    inherit (dune) installPhase;
-  } else {
-    version = "0.7.2";
-    sha256 = "1qgsz2zz5ky6s5pf3j3shc4fjc36rqnjflk8x0wl1fcpvvkr52md";
-    buildInputs = [ topkg ];
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ ocamlbuild ];
-    inherit (topkg) buildPhase installPhase;
-  };
-in
+buildDunePackage rec {
+  pname = "alcotest";
+  version = "1.0.1";
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "ocaml${ocaml.version}-alcotest-${version}";
-  inherit (param) version buildPhase installPhase;
-
-  src = fetchzip {
-    url = "https://github.com/mirage/alcotest/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
-    inherit (param) sha256;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/mirage/alcotest/releases/download/${version}/alcotest-${version}.tbz";
+    sha256 = "1xlklxb83gamqbg8j5dzm5jk4mvcwkspxajh93p6vpw9ia1li1qc";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ ocaml findlib ] ++ (param.nativeBuildInputs or []);
-  buildInputs = [ findlib ] ++ (param.buildInputs or []);
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ astring cmdliner fmt uuidm re stdlib-shims ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ cmdliner astring fmt result ]
-  ++ (param.propagatedBuildInputs or []);
-
-  createFindlibDestdir = true;
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+  meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/mirage/alcotest";
     description = "A lightweight and colourful test framework";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.isc;
+    license = licenses.isc;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.ericbmerritt ];
   };
 }