diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/lablgl/Makefile.config.patch b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/lablgl/Makefile.config.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d880c00947e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/lablgl/Makefile.config.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur lablGL.ori/Makefile.config lablGL/Makefile.config
---- lablGL.ori/Makefile.config	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
-+++ lablGL/Makefile.config	2013-06-02 08:13:10.000000000 +0200
-@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
-+#	LablGL and Togl configuration file
-+#
-+# Please have a look at the config/Makefile in the Objective Caml distribution,
-+# or at the labltklink script to get the information needed here
-+#
-+
-+##### Adjust these always
-+
-+# Uncomment if you have the fast ".opt" compilers
-+#CAMLC = ocamlc.opt
-+#CAMLOPT = ocamlopt.opt
-+
-+# Where to put the lablgl script
-+BINDIR = @BINDIR@
-+
-+# Where to find X headers
-+XINCLUDES = @XINCLUDES@
-+# X libs (for broken RTLD_GLOBAL: e.g. FreeBSD 4.0)
-+#XLIBS = -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lXext -lXmu -lX11 -lXi
-+
-+# Where to find Tcl/Tk headers
-+# This must the same version as for LablTk
-+TKINCLUDES = @TKINCLUDES@
-+# Tcl/Tk libs (for broken RTLD_GLOBAL: e.g. FreeBSD 4.0)
-+#TKLIBS = -L/usr/local/lib -ltk84 -ltcl84
-+
-+# Where to find OpenGL/Mesa/Glut headers and libraries
-+GLINCLUDES =
-+GLLIBS = -lGL -lGLU
-+GLUTLIBS = -lglut
-+# The following libraries may be required (try to add them one at a time)
-+#GLLIBS = -lGL -lGLU -lXmu -lXext -lXi -lcipher -lpthread
-+
-+# How to index a library after installing (ranlib required on MacOSX)
-+RANLIB = :
-+#RANLIB = ranlib
-+
-+##### Uncomment these for windows
-+#TKLIBS = tk83.lib tcl83.lib gdi32.lib user32.lib
-+#GLLIBS = opengl32.lib glu32.lib
-+#TOOLCHAIN = msvc
-+#XA = .lib
-+#XB = .bat
-+#XE = .exe
-+#XO = .obj
-+#XS = .dll
-+
-+##### Adjust these if non standard
-+
-+# The Objective Caml library directory
-+#LIBDIR = `ocamlc -where`
-+
-+# Where to put dlls (if dynamic loading available)
-+DLLDIR = @DLLDIR@
-+
-+# Where to put LablGL (standard)
-+INSTALLDIR = @INSTALLDIR@
-+
-+# Where is Togl (default)
-+#TOGLDIR = Togl
-+
-+# C Compiler options
-+#COPTS = -c -O
diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/lablgl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/lablgl/default.nix
index 6131128a2b82..64ace7c44963 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/lablgl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/lablgl/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, ocaml, findlib, libGLU, libGL, libglut, camlp-streams, darwin } :
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, ocaml, findlib, libGLU, libglut, camlp-streams } :
 
 if lib.versionOlder ocaml.version "4.06"
 then throw "lablgl is not available for OCaml ${ocaml.version}"
@@ -21,25 +21,27 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ libglut camlp-streams ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     libGLU
-    libGL
-  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
-    darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.GLUT
-    darwin.apple_sdk.libs.Xplugin
   ];
 
-  patches = [ ./Makefile.config.patch ./META.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./META.patch ];
 
   preConfigure = ''
     mkdir -p $out/bin
     mkdir -p $out/lib/ocaml/${ocaml.version}/site-lib/stublibs
-    substituteInPlace Makefile.config \
-      --subst-var-by BINDIR $out/bin/ \
-      --subst-var-by INSTALLDIR $out/lib/ocaml/${ocaml.version}/site-lib/lablgl/ \
-      --subst-var-by DLLDIR $out/lib/ocaml/${ocaml.version}/site-lib/stublibs/ \
-      --subst-var-by TKINCLUDES "" \
-      --subst-var-by XINCLUDES ""
+    cp \
+      Makefile.config.${if stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin then "osx" else "ex"} \
+      Makefile.config
   '';
 
+  makeFlags = [
+    "BINDIR=${placeholder "out"}/bin/"
+    "INSTALLDIR=${placeholder "out"}/lib/ocaml/${ocaml.version}/site-lib/lablgl/"
+    "DLLDIR=${placeholder "out"}/lib/ocaml/${ocaml.version}/site-lib/stublibs/"
+    "XINCLUDES="
+    "TKINCLUDES="
+    "TKLIBS="
+  ];
+
   buildFlags = [ "lib" "libopt" "glut" "glutopt" ];
 
   postInstall = ''