diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libqalculate/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libqalculate/default.nix
index 377d9fe50be7..2c25d4181196 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libqalculate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libqalculate/default.nix
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "An advanced calculator library";
     homepage = http://qalculate.github.io;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ gebner ];
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.all;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libssh2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libssh2/default.nix
index a6802a7f5183..b050dede8c61 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libssh2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libssh2/default.nix
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ openssl zlib ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isMinGW windows.mingw_w64;
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A client-side C library implementing the SSH2 protocol";
     homepage = https://www.libssh2.org;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = [ ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtiger/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtiger/default.nix
index bd0084dbaaf7..7a72fa2b7a31 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtiger/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtiger/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = https://code.google.com/archive/p/libtiger/;
     description = "A rendering library for Kate streams using Pango and Cairo";
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ matthewbauer ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtxc_dxtn/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtxc_dxtn/default.nix
index 21e3a15449c2..b0be3cb3c12d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtxc_dxtn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtxc_dxtn/default.nix
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
   buildInputs = [ libGLU_combined ];
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/S3TC;
     repositories.git = git://people.freedesktop.org/~mareko/libtxc_dxtn;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libui/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libui/default.nix
index b1e6938a1494..9eb2fe04fe68 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libui/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libui/default.nix
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@ in
       install_name_tool -id $out/lib/${shortName}.A.dylib $out/lib/${shortName}.A.dylib
     '';
 
-    meta = {
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
       homepage    = https://github.com/andlabs/libui;
       description = "Simple and portable (but not inflexible) GUI library in C that uses the native GUI technologies of each platform it supports.";
-      platforms   = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+      license     = licenses.mit;
+      platforms   = platforms.unix;
     };
   }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libusb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libusb/default.nix
index 4704a1e5c331..adf354c45f2e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libusb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libusb/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   patches = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl ./fix-headers.patch;
 
-  meta = {
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://libusb.info/";
+    repositories.git = "https://github.com/libusb/libusb-compat-0.1";
+    description = "cross-platform user-mode USB device library";
+    longDescription = ''
+      libusb is a cross-platform user-mode library that provides access to USB devices.
+      The current API is of 1.0 version (libusb-1.0 API), this library is a wrapper exposing the legacy API.
+    '';
+    license = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libusb1/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libusb1/default.nix
index 7ec714f02237..ac5c38a34f11 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libusb1/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libusb1/default.nix
@@ -21,10 +21,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed 's,-ludev,-L${systemd.lib}/lib -ludev,' -i $out/lib/libusb-1.0.la
   '';
 
-  meta = {
-    homepage = http://www.libusb.info;
-    description = "User-space USB library";
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://libusb.info/";
+    repositories.git = "https://github.com/libusb/libusb";
+    description = "cross-platform user-mode USB device library";
+    longDescription = ''
+      libusb is a cross-platform user-mode library that provides access to USB devices.
+    '';
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
     maintainers = [ ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libwacom/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libwacom/default.nix
index cc3f19ab7d31..67563e41d01f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libwacom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libwacom/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-    homepage = https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxwacom/;
+    homepage = https://linuxwacom.github.io/;
     description = "Libraries, configuration, and diagnostic tools for Wacom tablets running under Linux";
+    license = licenses.mit;
   };
 }