diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxdg-basedir/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxdg-basedir/default.nix
index 77047e9099d..7786ec7908f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxdg-basedir/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxdg-basedir/default.nix
@@ -1,26 +1,29 @@
-{lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch}:
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, autoreconfHook
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libxdg-basedir";
-  version = "1.2.0";
+  version = "1.2.3";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://nevill.ch/libxdg-basedir/downloads/libxdg-basedir-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "2757a949618742d80ac59ee2f0d946adc6e71576406cdf798e6ced507708cdf4";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "devnev";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "refs/tags/libxdg-basedir-${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-ewtUKDdE6k9Q9hglWwhbTU3DTxvIN41t+zf2Gch9Dkk=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # Overflow bug
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/devnev/libxdg-basedir/commit/14e000f696ef8b83264b0ca4407669bdb365fb23.patch";
-      sha256 = "0lpy1ijir0x0hhb0fz0w5vxy1wl1cw9kkd6gva0rkp41i6vrp2wq";
-    })
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/devnev/libxdg-basedir";
     description = "Implementation of the XDG Base Directory specification";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/devnev/libxdg-basedir";
     license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ nickcao ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
 }