diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ke/keen4/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ke/keen4/package.nix
index 05a7ff5c3365..0a6f9813d016 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ke/keen4/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ke/keen4/package.nix
@@ -1,56 +1,43 @@
 {
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
   dosbox,
-  unzip,
+  fetchzip,
+  lib,
+  writeShellApplication,
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+let
+  zip = fetchzip {
+    name = "keen4.zip";
+    url = "https://archive.org/download/msdos_Commander_Keen_4_-_Secret_of_the_Oracle_1991/Commander_Keen_4_-_Secret_of_the_Oracle_1991.zip";
+    hash = "sha256-vVfBQArNH1JPUxM5suMe8NK54a+NAMnDhLKxVUOzUgA=";
+  };
+in
+writeShellApplication {
   name = "keen4";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://tarballs.nixos.org/keen4.zip";
-    sha256 = "12rnc9ksl7v6l8wsxvr26ylkafzq80dbsa7yafzw9pqc8pafkhx1";
-  };
+  runtimeInputs = [ dosbox ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ unzip ];
+  # Game wants to write in the current directory, but of course we can't
+  # let it write in the Nix store.  So create symlinks to the game files
+  # in ~/.keen4 and execute game from there.
+  text = ''
+    mkdir -p "''${HOME:-.}/.keen4"
+    cd "''${HOME:-.}/.keen4"
+    # avoid linking CONFIG.CK4, which must be writable
+    ln -sft . ${zip}/{AUDIO.CK4,EGAGRAPH.CK4,GAMEMAPS.CK4,KEEN4E.EXE}
+    trap 'find . -type l -delete' EXIT
 
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/keen4
-    mv * $out/share/keen4
-
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    cat > $out/bin/keen4 <<EOF
-    #! $SHELL -e
-    if test -z "\$HOME"; then
-        echo "HOME directory not set"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
-    # Game wants to write in the current directory, but of course we can't
-    # let it write in the Nix store.  So create symlinks to the game files
-    # in ~/.keen4 and execute game from there.
-    mkdir -p \$HOME/.keen4
-    cd \$HOME/.keen4
-
-    ln -sf $out/share/keen4/* .
-
-    ${dosbox}/bin/dosbox ./KEEN4E.EXE -fullscreen -exit || true
-
-    # Cleanup the symlinks.
-    for i in *; do
-        if test -L "\$i"; then
-            rm "\$i"
-        fi
-    done
-    EOF
-    chmod +x $out/bin/keen4
+    dosbox ./KEEN4E.EXE -fullscreen -exit
   '';
 
   meta = {
     description = "Commander Keen Episode 4: Secret of the Oracle";
-    license = lib.licenses.unfree;
+    homepage = "https://web.archive.org/web/20141013080934/http://www.3drealms.com/keen4/index.html";
+    downloadPage = "https://archive.org/details/msdos_Commander_Keen_4_-_Secret_of_the_Oracle_1991";
+    license = lib.licenses.unfreeRedistributable;
+    platforms = dosbox.meta.platforms;
+    sourceProvenance = with lib.sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ]; # emulated by dosbox, so "bytecode" in a way
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ wolfgangwalther ];
+    mainProgram = "keen4";
   };
 }