diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/hol/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/hol/default.nix
index 2e1647b6c71d..52a3129fec0a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/hol/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/hol/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, polyml, graphviz, fontconfig, liberation_ttf,
- experimentalKernel ? true}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, polyml, graphviz, experimentalKernel ? true}:
 
 let
   pname = "hol4";
@@ -16,18 +15,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "5ce4c1e37301dbc38772694e98f1c7eabf69255908de204b280d8b2b1709e9d0";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [polyml graphviz fontconfig liberation_ttf];
+  buildInputs = [polyml graphviz];
 
   buildCommand = ''
-
-    mkdir chroot-fontconfig
-    cat ${fontconfig}/etc/fonts/fonts.conf > chroot-fontconfig/fonts.conf
-    sed -e 's@</fontconfig>@@' -i chroot-fontconfig/fonts.conf
-    echo "<dir>${liberation_ttf}</dir>" >> chroot-fontconfig/fonts.conf
-    echo "</fontconfig>" >> chroot-fontconfig/fonts.conf
-
-    export FONTCONFIG_FILE=$(pwd)/chroot-fontconfig/fonts.conf
-
     mkdir -p "$out/src"
     cd  "$out/src"
 
@@ -38,19 +28,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       --replace "\"/bin/mv\"" "\"mv\"" \
       --replace "\"/bin/cp\"" "\"cp\""
 
-    for f in tools/buildutils.sml help/src-sml/DOT;
-    do
-      substituteInPlace $f --replace "\"/usr/bin/dot\"" "\"${graphviz}/bin/dot\""
-    done
+    substituteInPlace tools/buildutils.sml --replace "\"/usr/bin/dot\"" "\"dot\""
 
     #sed -ie "/compute/,999 d" tools/build-sequence # for testing
 
     poly < tools/smart-configure.sml
-
+    
     bin/build ${kernelFlag} -symlink
 
     mkdir -p "$out/bin"
-    ln -st $out/bin  "$out/src/${holsubdir}/bin/"*
+    ln -st $out/bin  $out/src/${holsubdir}/bin/*
     # ln -s $out/src/hol4.${version}/bin $out/bin
   '';