diff --git a/pkgs/games/urbanterror/Makefile.local b/pkgs/games/urbanterror/Makefile.local
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aee08a8ade79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/urbanterror/Makefile.local
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+USE_CURL = 1
+USE_CURL_DLOPEN = 0
+USE_FREETYPE = 1
+USE_OPENAL = 1
+USE_OPENAL_DLOPEN = 0
diff --git a/pkgs/games/urbanterror/default.nix b/pkgs/games/urbanterror/default.nix
index 6c54984eccbf..a1bf80784d03 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/urbanterror/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/urbanterror/default.nix
@@ -56,15 +56,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     SDL
   ];
 
-  configurePhase = ''
-    runHook preConfigure
-
-    echo "USE_OPENAL = 1" > Makefile.local
-    echo "USE_OPENAL_DLOPEN = 0" >> Makefile.local
-    echo "USE_CURL = 1" >> Makefile.local
-    echo "USE_CURL_DLOPEN = 0" >> Makefile.local
-
-    runHook postConfigure
+  preConfigure = ''
+    cp ${./Makefile.local} ./Makefile.local
   '';
 
   installTargets = [ "copyfiles" ];