diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libexif/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libexif/default.nix
index 76434d2c30bd..9e77de0df322 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libexif/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libexif/default.nix
@@ -8,5 +8,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0hxc3aik3sn8xq4mbmxxb8ycx2lwffmhi5xvz0zjffhfwkaqas6v";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [gettext];
+  configureFlags = "--enable-shared --disable-static";
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://libexif.sourceforge.net;
+    description = "The EXIF parsing library";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3d558190b97d..da0918f47950 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2205,7 +2205,7 @@ rec {
   };
 
   libexif = import ../development/libraries/libexif {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv gettext;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
   libextractorFun = lib.sumArgs (selectVersion ../development/libraries/libextractor "0.5.18")