diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/wyrd/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/wyrd/default.nix
index 261c08ad31de..1029dbb29d8c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/wyrd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/wyrd/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, ocaml, ncurses, remind, camlp4 }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ocamlPackages, ncurses, remind }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "1.4.6";
@@ -9,10 +9,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0zlrg602q781q8dij62lwdprpfliyy9j1rqfqcz8p2wgndpivddj";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ ocaml ncurses remind camlp4 ];
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-DNCURSES_INTERNALS=1" ];
 
-  # needed for configure phase to succeed
-  CPPFLAGS = "-DNCURSES_INTERNALS";
+  preConfigure = ''
+    substituteInPlace curses/curses.ml --replace 'pp gcc' "pp $CC"
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ ocamlPackages.ocaml ncurses remind ocamlPackages.camlp4 ];
 
   preferLocalBuild = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 173b02fab245..e97a4d38acbb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5505,7 +5505,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   wv2 = callPackage ../tools/misc/wv2 { };
 
-  inherit (ocamlPackages) wyrd;
+  wyrd = callPackage ../tools/misc/wyrd { };
 
   x86info = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/x86info { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index ef534f189ae0..a8111f9256e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -969,10 +969,6 @@ let
 
     # Apps / from all-packages
 
-    wyrd = callPackage ../tools/misc/wyrd {
-      ncurses = pkgs.ncurses5;
-    };
-
     haxe = callPackage ../development/compilers/haxe { };
 
     ocamlnat = callPackage  ../development/ocaml-modules/ocamlnat { };