diff --git a/pkgs/games/gemrb/default.nix b/pkgs/games/gemrb/default.nix
index ca974d63de2d..aae7241cf883 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/gemrb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/gemrb/default.nix
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # Can't have -werror because of the Vorbis header files.
   cmakeFlags = "-DDISABLE_WERROR=ON -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON";
 
-  # !!! Ugly.  CMake passes library dependencies to the linker using
-  # the full path of the library rather than `-l...', and the
-  # ld-wrapper doesn't add the necessary `-rpath' flag.
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-rpath ${zlib}/lib -rpath ${libpng}/lib -rpath ${python}/lib -rpath ${openal}/lib -rpath ${SDL}/lib -rpath ${libvorbis}/lib";
-
   meta = {
     description = "A reimplementation of the Infinity Engine, used by games such as Baldur's Gate";
     homepage = http://gemrb.sourceforge.net/;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bad773df55ad..f88259da6d6f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6565,7 +6565,9 @@ let
     wxGTK = wxGTK28.override { unicode = false; };
   };
 
-  gemrb = callPackage ../games/gemrb { };
+  gemrb = callPackage ../games/gemrb {
+    stdenv = stdenv2;
+  };
 
   gltron = callPackage ../games/gltron { };