diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/axis2/builder.sh b/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/axis2/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index de8e225456b4..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/axis2/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-if [ -e "$NIX_ATTRS_SH_FILE" ]; then . "$NIX_ATTRS_SH_FILE"; elif [ -f .attrs.sh ]; then . .attrs.sh; fi
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-unzip $src
-cd axis2-*
-mkdir -p $out
-cp -av * $out
-cd webapp
-ant
-cd ..
-mkdir -p $out/webapps
-cp dist/axis2.war $out/webapps
-cd $out/webapps
-mkdir axis2
-cd axis2
-unzip ../axis2.war
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/axis2/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/axis2/default.nix
index f31841e28a03..771a38376fa9 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/axis2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/axis2/default.nix
@@ -1,25 +1,56 @@
-{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchurl, apacheAnt, jdk, unzip }:
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenvNoCC,
+  fetchurl,
+  ant,
+  jdk,
+  stripJavaArchivesHook,
+  unzip,
+  nixosTests,
+}:
 
-stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "axis2";
   version = "1.8.2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://apache/axis/axis2/java/core/${version}/${pname}-${version}-bin.zip";
+    url = "mirror://apache/axis/axis2/java/core/${finalAttrs.version}/axis2-${finalAttrs.version}-bin.zip";
     hash = "sha256-oilPVFFpl3F61nVDxcYx/bc81FopS5fzoIdXzeP8brk=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ unzip ];
-  buildInputs = [ apacheAnt jdk ];
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    ant
+    jdk
+    stripJavaArchivesHook
+    unzip
+  ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    runHook preBuild
+    ant -f webapp
+    runHook postBuild
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    install -Dm644 dist/axis2.war -t $out/webapps
+    unzip $out/webapps/axis2.war -d $out/webapps/axis2
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  passthru.tests = {
+    inherit (nixosTests) tomcat;
+  };
 
   meta = {
     description = "Web Services / SOAP / WSDL engine, the successor to the widely used Apache Axis SOAP stack";
     homepage = "https://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/core/";
-    changelog = "https://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/core/release-notes/${version}.html";
+    changelog = "https://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/core/release-notes/${finalAttrs.version}.html";
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.anthonyroussel ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
     sourceProvenance = with lib.sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
   };
-}
+})