diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/java/lucene/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/java/lucene/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index d95feb5eeb4..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/java/lucene/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-set -e
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-tar zxvf $src
-mkdir -p $out
-mv $name/* $out
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/java/lucene/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/java/lucene/default.nix
index 417c7b96900..9791c0ee455 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/java/lucene/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/java/lucene/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
-{lib, stdenv, fetchurl} :
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "lucene";
   version = "1.4.3";
 
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
-
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://archive.apache.org/dist/jakarta/lucene/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    url = "https://archive.apache.org/dist/jakarta/lucene/lucene-${version}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "1mxaxg65f7v8n60irjwm24v7hcisbl0srmpvcy1l4scs6rjj1awh";
   };
 
+  buildCommand = ''
+    cp -r . $out/
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Java full-text search engine";
     platforms = platforms.unix;