diff --git a/pkgs/misc/lilypond/unstable.nix b/pkgs/misc/lilypond/unstable.nix
index df83502aa88..ce72c1fdfee 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/lilypond/unstable.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/lilypond/unstable.nix
@@ -1,26 +1,23 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchgit, rsync, lilypond, gyre-fonts }:
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, lilypond, ghostscript, gyre-fonts }:
 
-with stdenv.lib;
+let
 
-let urw-fonts = fetchgit {
-  url = "http://git.ghostscript.com/urw-core35-fonts.git";
-  rev = "1f28a6fcd2176256a995db907d9ffe6e1b9b83e9";
-  sha256 = "1nlx95l1pw5lxqp2v0rn9a7lqrsbbhzr0dy3cybk55r4a8awbr2a";
-}; in
+  version = "2.19.83";
 
-overrideDerivation lilypond (p: rec {
-  majorVersion = "2.19";
-  minorVersion = "65";
-  version="${majorVersion}.${minorVersion}";
-  name = "lilypond-${version}";
+in
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.linuxaudio.org/lilypond/sources/v${majorVersion}/lilypond-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0k2jy7z58j62c5cv1308ac62d6jri17wip76xrbq8s6jq6jl7phd";
+lilypond.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
+  inherit version;
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/r/lilypond.git";
+    rev = "release/${version}-1";
+    sha256 = "1ycyx9x76d79jh7wlwyyhdjkyrwnhzqpw006xn2fk35s0jrm2iz0";
   };
 
-  configureFlags = [ "--disable-documentation" "--with-urwotf-dir=${urw-fonts}" "--with-texgyre-dir=${gyre-fonts}/share/fonts/truetype/"];
-
-  buildInputs = p.buildInputs ++ [ rsync ];
-
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--disable-documentation"
+    "--with-urwotf-dir=${ghostscript}/share/ghostscript/fonts"
+    "--with-texgyre-dir=${gyre-fonts}/share/fonts/truetype/"
+  ];
 })