diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/hunspell/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/hunspell/default.nix
index fe4fc1e6d33..44f49adbd3a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/hunspell/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/hunspell/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, ncurses, readline, autoreconfHook }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, ncurses, readline, autoreconfHook }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "1.7.0";
   pname = "hunspell";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/hunspell/hunspell/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "12mwwqz6qkx7q1lg9vpjiiwh4fk4c8xs6g6g0xa2ia0hp5pbh9xv";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "hunspell";
+    repo = "hunspell";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-YSJztik0QTZFNR8k8Xu1hakyE16NziDavYVkEUCbtGM=";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "bin" "dev" "out" "man" ];