diff --git a/gnu/packages/polkit.scm b/gnu/packages/polkit.scm
index 4a4775df1d..172b0e128d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/polkit.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/polkit.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2014 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
-;;; Copyright © 2015 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -48,57 +47,16 @@
              (patches (list (search-patch "polkit-drop-test.patch")))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs
-     `(("expat" ,expat)
-       ("linux-pam" ,linux-pam)
-       ("mozjs" ,mozjs)
-       ("nspr" ,nspr)))
+      `(("expat" ,expat)
+        ("glib:bin" ,glib "bin") ; for glib-mkenums
+        ("intltool" ,intltool)
+        ("linux-pam" ,linux-pam)
+        ("mozjs" ,mozjs)
+        ("nspr" ,nspr)))
     (propagated-inputs
-     `(("glib" ,glib))) ; required by polkit-gobject-1.pc
+      `(("glib" ,glib))) ; required by polkit-gobject-1.pc
     (native-inputs
-     `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
-       ("glib:bin" ,glib "bin") ; for glib-mkenums
-       ("intltool" ,intltool)
-       ("gobject-introspection" ,gobject-introspection)))
-    (arguments
-     `(#:configure-flags '("--sysconfdir=/etc"
-                           "--enable-man-pages")
-       #:phases
-       (modify-phases %standard-phases
-         (add-after
-          'unpack 'patch-file-names
-          (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
-            (substitute* "src/polkitagent/polkitagentsession.c"
-              (("PACKAGE_PREFIX \"/lib/polkit-1/polkit-agent-helper-1\"")
-               "\"/run/setuid-programs/polkit-agent-helper-1\""))
-            (substitute* "src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.c"
-              (("PACKAGE_DATA_DIR \"/polkit-1/actions\"")
-               "\"/run/current-system/profile/share/polkit-1/actions\""))
-            (substitute* "src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendjsauthority.c"
-              (("PACKAGE_DATA_DIR \"/polkit-1/rules.d\"")
-               "\"/run/current-system/profile/share/polkit-1/rules.d\""))
-            #t))
-         (add-after
-          'unpack 'fix-introspection-install-dir
-          (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
-            (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
-              (substitute* (find-files "." "Makefile.in")
-                (("@INTROSPECTION_GIRDIR@")
-                 (string-append out "/share/gir-1.0/"))
-                (("@INTROSPECTION_TYPELIBDIR@")
-                 (string-append out "/lib/girepository-1.0/"))))))
-         (replace
-          'install
-          (lambda* (#:key outputs (make-flags '()) #:allow-other-keys)
-            ;; Override sysconfdir during "make install", to avoid attempting
-            ;; to install in /etc, and to instead install the skeletons in the
-            ;; output directory.
-            (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
-             (zero? (apply system*
-                           "make" "install"
-                           (string-append "sysconfdir=" out "/etc")
-                           (string-append "polkit_actiondir="
-                                          out "/share/polkit-1/actions")
-                           make-flags))))))))
+      `(("pkg-config", pkg-config)))
     (home-page "http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/polkit/")
     (synopsis "Authorization API for privilege management")
     (description "Polkit is an application-level toolkit for defining and