diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/jam/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/jam/default.nix
index 4d8f82d1a337..0156b60660ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/jam/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/jam/default.nix
@@ -1,40 +1,73 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl, bison }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "jam";
-  version = "2.6.1";
+let
+  mkJam = { meta ? { }, ... } @ args: stdenv.mkDerivation (args // {
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ bison ];
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://swarm.workshop.perforce.com/projects/perforce_software-jam/download/main/${pname}-${version}.tar";
-    sha256 = "19xkvkpycxfsncxvin6yqrql3x3z9ypc1j8kzls5k659q4kv5rmc";
+    # Jambase expects ar to have flags.
+    preConfigure = ''
+      export AR="$AR rc"
+    '';
+
+    installPhase = ''
+      runHook preInstall
+
+      ./jam0 -j$NIX_BUILD_CORES -sBINDIR=$out/bin install
+      mkdir -p $out/doc/jam
+      cp *.html $out/doc/jam
+
+      runHook postInstall
+    '';
+
+    enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+    meta = with lib; meta // {
+      license = licenses.free;
+      mainProgram = "jam";
+      platforms = platforms.unix;
+    };
+  });
+in
+{
+  jam = let
+    pname = "jam";
+    version = "2.6.1";
+  in mkJam {
+    inherit pname version;
+
+    makeFlags = [ "CC=${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}cc" ];
+
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "https://swarm.workshop.perforce.com/projects/perforce_software-jam/download/main/${pname}-${version}.tar";
+      sha256 = "19xkvkpycxfsncxvin6yqrql3x3z9ypc1j8kzls5k659q4kv5rmc";
+    };
+
+    meta = with lib; {
+      description = "Just Another Make";
+      homepage = "https://www.perforce.com/resources/documentation/jam";
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ impl orivej ];
+    };
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ bison ];
+  ftjam = let
+    pname = "ftjam";
+    version = "2.5.2";
+  in mkJam {
+    inherit pname version;
 
-  # Jambase expects ar to have flags.
-  preConfigure = ''
-    export AR="$AR rc"
-  '';
+    postPatch = ''
+      substituteInPlace Jamfile --replace strip ${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}strip
+    '';
 
-  makeFlags = [ "CC=${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}cc" ];
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/freetype/${pname}/${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
+      hash = "sha256-6JdzUAqSkS3pGOn+v/q+S2vOedaa8ZRDX04DK4ptZqM=";
+    };
 
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-
-    ./jam0 -j$NIX_BUILD_CORES -sBINDIR=$out/bin install
-    mkdir -p $out/doc/jam
-    cp *.html $out/doc/jam
-
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://www.perforce.com/resources/documentation/jam";
-    license = licenses.free;
-    description = "Just Another Make";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ impl orivej ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    meta = with lib; {
+      description = "FreeType's enhanced, backwards-compatible Jam clone";
+      homepage = "https://freetype.org/jam/";
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ AndersonTorres impl ];
+    };
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/jam/ftjam.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/jam/ftjam.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f106401c0d1..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/jam/ftjam.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, stdenv
-, fetchurl
-, bison
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "ftjam";
-  version = "2.5.2";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/freetype/${pname}/${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    hash = "sha256-6JdzUAqSkS3pGOn+v/q+S2vOedaa8ZRDX04DK4ptZqM=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    bison
-  ];
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    unset AR
-  '';
-
-  buildPhase = ''
-    runHook preBuild
-
-    make jam0
-
-    runHook postBuild
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-
-    ./jam0 -j$NIX_BUILD_CORES -sBINDIR=$out/bin install
-    mkdir -p $out/doc/jam
-    cp *.html $out/doc/jam
-
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Freetype's enhanced, backwards-compatible Jam clone";
-    homepage = "https://freetype.org/jam/";
-    license = licenses.free;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
-    mainProgram = "jam";
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
-# TODO: setup hook for Jam
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8ff267fbc334..8f510c26884d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16461,9 +16461,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   itstool = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/itstool { };
 
-  jam = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/jam { };
-
-  ftjam = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/jam/ftjam.nix { };
+  inherit (callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/jam { })
+    jam
+    ftjam;
 
   javacc = callPackage ../development/tools/parsing/javacc {
     jdk = jdk8;