diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/lxterminal/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/lxterminal/default.nix
index 15cb5ea61cce..145672cad380 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/lxterminal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/lxterminal/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, automake, autoconf, intltool, pkgconfig, gtk2, vte
 , libxslt, docbook_xml_dtd_412, docbook_xml_xslt, libxml2, findXMLCatalogs
-, buildSingleXMLCatalog
 }:
 
 let version = "0.3.1"; in
@@ -15,12 +14,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   configureFlags = [
     "--enable-man"
-    "--with-xml-catalog=../catalog.xml" # Generated by buildSingleXMLCatalog
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     automake autoconf intltool pkgconfig gtk2 vte libxslt docbook_xml_dtd_412
-    docbook_xml_xslt libxml2 findXMLCatalogs buildSingleXMLCatalog
+    docbook_xml_xslt libxml2 findXMLCatalogs
+  ];
+
+  patches = [
+    ./respect-xml-catalog-files-var.patch
   ];
 
   preConfigure = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/lxterminal/respect-xml-catalog-files-var.patch b/pkgs/applications/misc/lxterminal/respect-xml-catalog-files-var.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..598f506118f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/lxterminal/respect-xml-catalog-files-var.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
+index be626c5..b449b1b 100644
+--- a/acinclude.m4
++++ b/acinclude.m4
+@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([JH_CHECK_XML_CATALOG],
+ [
+   AC_REQUIRE([JH_PATH_XML_CATALOG],[JH_PATH_XML_CATALOG(,[:])])dnl
+   AC_MSG_CHECKING([for ifelse([$2],,[$1],[$2]) in XML catalog])
+-  if $jh_found_xmlcatalog && \
+-     AC_RUN_LOG([$XMLCATALOG --noout "$XML_CATALOG_FILE" "$1" >&2]); then
++  # empty argument forces libxml to use XML_CATALOG_FILES variable
++  if AC_RUN_LOG([$XMLCATALOG --noout "" "$1" >&2]); then
+     AC_MSG_RESULT([found])
+     ifelse([$3],,,[$3
+ ])dnl
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/build-single-xml-catalog.sh b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/build-single-xml-catalog.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 1545b229f038..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/build-single-xml-catalog.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# Creates a single XML catalog that references the catalogs found by
-# findXMLCatalogs.
-# Useful for situations where only one catalog is expected.
-buildSingleXMLCatalog() {
-    echo '<?xml version="1.0"?>' > catalog.xml
-    echo '<catalog xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:entity:xmlns:xml:catalog">' >> catalog.xml
-
-    catalogs=$(echo $XML_CATALOG_FILES | tr " " "\n")
-    for x in $catalogs
-    do
-        echo '  <nextCatalog catalog="'$x'" />' >> catalog.xml
-    done
-
-    echo '</catalog>' >> catalog.xml
-}
-
-if [ -z "$buildSingleXMLCatalogHookDone" ]; then
-    buildSingleXMLCatalogHookDone=1
-
-    envHooks+=(buildSingleXMLCatalog)
-fi
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8a4707bf1354..875419fbd1fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -359,10 +359,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   findXMLCatalogs = makeSetupHook { } ../build-support/setup-hooks/find-xml-catalogs.sh;
 
-  buildSingleXMLCatalog = makeSetupHook {
-    deps = [ findXMLCatalogs ];
-  } ../build-support/setup-hooks/build-single-xml-catalog.sh;
-
   wrapGAppsHook = makeSetupHook {
     deps = [ gnome3.dconf.lib gnome3.gtk librsvg makeWrapper ];
   } ../build-support/setup-hooks/wrap-gapps-hook.sh;