diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/hstr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/hstr/default.nix
index b1e740fb7607..81f931b11f8e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/hstr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/hstr/default.nix
@@ -15,15 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ readline ncurses gettext ];
 
-  configurePhase = ''
-    autoreconf -fvi
-    ./configure
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin/
-    mv src/hstr $out/bin/
-  '';
+  configureFlags = [ "--prefix=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/dvorka/hstr";