diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/freetype/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/freetype/default.nix
index 943a25dcf646e..6c66561f29f2f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/freetype/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/freetype/default.nix
@@ -9,28 +9,11 @@
   useEncumberedCode ? true
 }:
 
-let
-  inherit (lib) optional optionalString;
 
-in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "freetype";
   version = "2.11.0";
 
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A font rendering engine";
-    longDescription = ''
-      FreeType is a portable and efficient library for rendering fonts. It
-      supports TrueType, Type 1, CFF fonts, and WOFF, PCF, FNT, BDF and PFR
-      fonts. It has a bytecode interpreter and has an automatic hinter called
-      autofit which can be used instead of hinting instructions included in
-      fonts.
-    '';
-    homepage = "https://www.freetype.org/";
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus; # or the FreeType License (BSD + advertising clause)
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ttuegel ];
-  };
-
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://savannah/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
     sha256 = "sha256-i+45vTloxIBLcGFKCjrVlyma0OgkvIqtXOiq9IBnvec=";
@@ -41,12 +24,11 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # dependence on harfbuzz is looser than the reverse dependence
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config which makeWrapper ]
     # FreeType requires GNU Make, which is not part of stdenv on FreeBSD.
-    ++ optional (!stdenv.isLinux) gnumake;
+    ++ lib.optional (!stdenv.isLinux) gnumake;
 
-  patches =
-    [ ./enable-table-validation.patch
-    ] ++
-    optional useEncumberedCode ./enable-subpixel-rendering.patch;
+  patches = [
+    ./enable-table-validation.patch
+  ] ++ lib.optional useEncumberedCode ./enable-subpixel-rendering.patch;
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
@@ -56,7 +38,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   CC_BUILD = "${buildPackages.stdenv.cc}/bin/cc";
 
   # The asm for armel is written with the 'asm' keyword.
-  CFLAGS = optionalString stdenv.isAarch32 "-std=gnu99";
+  CFLAGS = lib.optionalString stdenv.isAarch32 "-std=gnu99";
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
@@ -70,4 +52,18 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --set PKG_CONFIG_PATH "$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:$dev/lib/pkgconfig"
   '';
 
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A font rendering engine";
+    longDescription = ''
+      FreeType is a portable and efficient library for rendering fonts. It
+      supports TrueType, Type 1, CFF fonts, and WOFF, PCF, FNT, BDF and PFR
+      fonts. It has a bytecode interpreter and has an automatic hinter called
+      autofit which can be used instead of hinting instructions included in
+      fonts.
+    '';
+    homepage = "https://www.freetype.org/";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus; # or the FreeType License (BSD + advertising clause)
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ttuegel ];
+  };
 }