diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/0.3.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/0.3.nix
index c7cda2749248..62a1f4f98cc5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/0.3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/0.3.nix
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   makeFlags =
     [
       "USE_SYSTEM_PATCHELF=1"
-      "USE_SYSTEM_OPENBLAS=1"
       "USE_SYSTEM_BLAS=1"
       "USE_SYSTEM_LAPACK=1"
       "ARCH=${arch}"
@@ -122,25 +121,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   preBuild = ''
+    # Link dynamically loaded shared libraries into output so they are found at runtime.
     mkdir -p "$out/lib"
     ln -s "${openblas}/lib/libopenblas.so" "$out/lib/libblas.so"
     ln -s "${openblas}/lib/libopenblas.so" "$out/lib/liblapack.so"
-
-    mkdir -p usr/lib
-
-    echo "$out"
-    mkdir -p "$out/lib"
-    (
-    cd "$(mktemp -d)"
-    for i in "${suitesparse}"/lib/lib*.a; do
-      ar -x $i
-    done
-    gcc *.o --shared -o "$out/lib/libsuitesparse.so"
-    )
-    cp "$out/lib/libsuitesparse.so" usr/lib
+    ln -s "${suitesparse}/lib/libsuitesparse.so" "$out/lib/libsuitesparse.so"
     for i in umfpack cholmod amd camd colamd spqr; do
-      ln -s libsuitesparse.so "$out"/lib/lib$i.so;
-      ln -s libsuitesparse.so "usr"/lib/lib$i.so;
+      ln -s libsuitesparse.so "$out/lib/lib$i.so";
     done
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/suitesparse/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/suitesparse/default.nix
index af9396ad9004..f30db472b0de 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/suitesparse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/suitesparse/default.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   NIX_CFLAGS = "-fPIC";
 
   postInstall = ''
+    # Build and install shared library
+    (
+        cd "$(mktemp -d)"
+        for i in "$out"/lib/lib*.a; do
+          ar -x $i
+        done
+        gcc *.o --shared -o "$out/lib/libsuitesparse.so"
+    )
+    for i in umfpack cholmod amd camd colamd spqr; do
+      ln -s libsuitesparse.so "$out"/lib/lib$i.so;
+    done
+
     # Install documentation
     outdoc=$out/share/doc/${name}
     mkdir -p $outdoc