diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lolcode/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lolcode/default.nix
index 65653701b80..0bb95ed6ea5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lolcode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lolcode/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pkg-config, doxygen, cmake, readline }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, doxygen, cmake, readline }:
 
 with lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "lolcode";
   version = "0.11.2";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/justinmeza/lci/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1li7ikcrs7wqah7gqkirg0k61n6pm12w7pydin966x1sdn9na46b";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "justinmeza";
+    repo = "lci";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-VMBW3/sw+1kI6iuOckSPU1TIeY6QORcSfFLFkRYw3Gs=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config cmake doxygen ];