diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/execline/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/execline/default.nix
index d06798e5d6dd..fb685e65a4f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/execline/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/execline/default.nix
@@ -1,85 +1,49 @@
 { lib, skawarePackages
 # for execlineb-with-builtins
 , coreutils, gnugrep, writeScriptBin, runCommand, runCommandCC
-# Whether to wrap bin/execlineb to have the execline tools on its PATH.
-, execlineb-with-builtins ? true
 }:
 
 with skawarePackages;
 
-let
+buildPackage {
+  pname = "execline";
+  version = "2.5.3.0";
+  sha256 = "0czdrv9m8mnx94nf28dafij6z03k4mbhbs6hccfaardfd5l5q805";
+
+  description = "A small scripting language, to be used in place of a shell in non-interactive scripts";
+
   outputs = [ "bin" "lib" "dev" "doc" "out" ];
 
-  execline =
-    buildPackage {
-      pname = "execline";
-      version = "2.5.3.0";
-      sha256 = "0czdrv9m8mnx94nf28dafij6z03k4mbhbs6hccfaardfd5l5q805";
+  # TODO: nsss support
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--libdir=\${lib}/lib"
+    "--dynlibdir=\${lib}/lib"
+    "--bindir=\${bin}/bin"
+    "--includedir=\${dev}/include"
+    "--with-sysdeps=${skalibs.lib}/lib/skalibs/sysdeps"
+    "--with-include=${skalibs.dev}/include"
+    "--with-lib=${skalibs.lib}/lib"
+    "--with-dynlib=${skalibs.lib}/lib"
+  ];
 
-      description = "A small scripting language, to be used in place of a shell in non-interactive scripts";
+  postInstall = ''
+    # remove all execline executables from build directory
+    rm $(find -type f -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -executable)
+    rm libexecline.*
 
-      inherit outputs;
+    mv doc $doc/share/doc/execline/html
+    mv examples $doc/share/doc/execline/examples
 
-      # TODO: nsss support
-      configureFlags = [
-        "--libdir=\${lib}/lib"
-        "--dynlibdir=\${lib}/lib"
-        "--bindir=\${bin}/bin"
-        "--includedir=\${dev}/include"
-        "--with-sysdeps=${skalibs.lib}/lib/skalibs/sysdeps"
-        "--with-include=${skalibs.dev}/include"
-        "--with-lib=${skalibs.lib}/lib"
-        "--with-dynlib=${skalibs.lib}/lib"
-      ];
-
-      postInstall = ''
-        # remove all execline executables from build directory
-        rm $(find -type f -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -executable)
-        rm libexecline.*
-
-        mv doc $doc/share/doc/execline/html
-        mv examples $doc/share/doc/execline/examples
-      '';
-
-    };
-
-  # A wrapper around execlineb, which provides all execline
-  # tools on `execlineb`’s PATH.
-  # It is implemented as a C script, because on non-Linux,
-  # nested shebang lines are not supported.
-  execlineb-with-builtins-drv = runCommandCC "execlineb" {} ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    mv $bin/bin/execlineb $bin/bin/.execlineb-wrapped
     cc \
       -O \
       -Wall -Wpedantic \
-      -D 'EXECLINEB_PATH()="${execline}/bin/execlineb"' \
-      -D 'EXECLINE_BIN_PATH()="${execline}/bin"' \
+      -D "EXECLINEB_PATH()=\"$bin/bin/.execlineb-wrapped\"" \
+      -D "EXECLINE_BIN_PATH()=\"$bin/bin\"" \
       -I "${skalibs.dev}/include" \
       -L "${skalibs.lib}/lib" \
-      -l"skarnet" \
-      -o "$out/bin/execlineb" \
+      -lskarnet \
+      -o "$bin/bin/execlineb" \
       ${./execlineb-wrapper.c}
   '';
-
-
-  # the original execline package, with bin/execlineb overwritten
-  execline-with-builtins = runCommand "my-execline"
-    (execline.drvAttrs // {
-      preferLocalBuild = true;
-      allowSubstitutes = false;
-    })
-    # copy every output and just overwrite the execlineb binary in $bin
-    ''
-      ${lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n"
-        (output: ''
-          cp -r ${execline.${output}} "''$${output}"
-          chmod --recursive +w "''$${output}"
-        '')
-        outputs}
-      install ${execlineb-with-builtins-drv}/bin/execlineb $bin/bin/execlineb
-    '';
-
-in
-  if execlineb-with-builtins
-  then execline-with-builtins
-  else execline
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/execline/execlineb-wrapper.c b/pkgs/tools/misc/execline/execlineb-wrapper.c
index 09ccf990af7f..d31a76ca26eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/execline/execlineb-wrapper.c
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/execline/execlineb-wrapper.c
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+/*
+ * A wrapper around execlineb, which provides all execline
+ * tools on execlineb’s PATH.
+ * It is implemented as a C program, because on non-Linux,
+ * nested shebang lines are not supported.
+ */
+
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>