diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/aterm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/aterm/default.nix
index bac496ecebc..b096dd4af20 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/aterm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/aterm/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "aterm-2.0.5";
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  configureFlags = "--with-gcc";
   src = fetchurl {
     url = http://www.cwi.nl/projects/MetaEnv/aterm/aterm-2.0.5.tar.gz;
     md5 = "68aefb0c10b2ab876b8d3c0b2d0cdb1b";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/aterm/builder.sh b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux/default-builder.sh
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 50%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/aterm/builder.sh
rename to pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux/default-builder.sh
index 77432d7ff5b..9a297c67f6e
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/aterm/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux/default-builder.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 . $stdenv/setup
-configureFlags="--with-gcc"
 genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux/default.nix
index f7230ce1b29..9e9602d5e1f 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ let {
     // {
       mkDerivation = attrs: derivation (attrs // {
         builder = pkgs.bash ~ /bin/sh;
-        args = ["-e" attrs.builder];
+        args = ["-e" (if attrs ? builder then attrs.builder else ./default-builder.sh)];
         stdenv = body;
         system = body.system;
       });