diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openal/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openal/default.nix
index 40d9584742cc..2c23e51c22a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/openal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openal/default.nix
@@ -12,24 +12,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ cmake alsaLib ];
 
-  cmakeFlags = "-DCMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS=\"-Wl,-rpath,$out/lib/\"" +
-    " -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=\"-Wl,-rpath,$out/lib\"" +
-    " -DCMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH=ON" +
-    " -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release" +
-    " -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$out";
-
-  dontUseCmakeConfigure = true;
-
-  # I rewrote the configure phase to get the $out references evaluated in
-  # cmakeFlags
-  configurePhase = ''
-    set -x
-    mkdir -p build;
-    cd build
-    eval -- "cmake .. $cmakeFlags"
-    set +x
-    '';
-
   meta = {
     description = "OpenAL, a cross-platform 3D audio API";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/vtk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/vtk/default.nix
index 72666deba675..ae0a5d1b4c53 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/vtk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/vtk/default.nix
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "vtk-5.2.1";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://www.vtk.org/files/release/5.2/vtk-5.2.1.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "c81521b3767a044745336212cbde500d6e97a1f8ba647bc590857e36f57003bb";
+    url = http://www.vtk.org/files/release/5.4/vtk-5.4.2.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "0gd7xlxiqww6xxcs2kicz0g6k147y3200np4jnsf10vlxs10az03";
   };
   buildInputs = [ cmake mesa libX11 xproto libXt ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fa0bcc2bcc5f..896dbc783c0f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4227,7 +4227,8 @@ let
   };
 
   openal = import ../development/libraries/openal {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv cmake alsaLib;
+    inherit fetchurl cmake alsaLib;
+    stdenv = overrideGCC stdenv gcc43_wrapper2;
   };
 
   # added because I hope that it has been easier to compile on x86 (for blender)