diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.55.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.55.nix
index 56a5b408c36e..31469b3e06c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.55.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.55.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ let
   withToolset = stdenv.lib.optionalString (toolset != null) " --with-toolset=${toolset}";
 in
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+let res = stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "boost-1.55.0";
 
   meta = {
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  outputs = [ "out" "lib" ];
-
   buildInputs =
     [ icu expat zlib bzip2 python ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin fixDarwinDylibNames;
@@ -98,4 +96,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       ./b2 -j$NIX_BUILD_CORES -sEXPAT_INCLUDE=${expat.crossDrv}/include -sEXPAT_LIBPATH=${expat.crossDrv}/lib --layout=${layout} --user-config=user-config.jam toolset=gcc-cross variant=${variant} threading=${threading} link=${link} ${cflags} --without-python install
     '';
   };
-}
+}; in res // { lib = res; }