diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/literate-programming/Literate/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/literate-programming/Literate/default.nix
index 88b2f63fd5a..1582ca87402 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/literate-programming/Literate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/literate-programming/Literate/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchgit, ldc, dub }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, ldc, dub }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "Literate";
   version = "unstable-2021-01-22";
 
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "https://github.com/zyedidia/Literate.git";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "zyedidia";
+    repo = "Literate";
     rev = "7004dffec0cff3068828514eca72172274fd3f7d";
-    sha256 = "0x4xgrdskybaa7ssv81grmwyc1k167v3nwj320jvp5l59xxlbcvs";
+    sha256 = "sha256-erNFe0+FlrslEENyO/YxYQbmec0voK31UWr5qVt+nXQ=";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ ldc dub ];