diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libinotify-kqueue/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libinotify-kqueue/default.nix
index 1f147b0ad5c..d01407b43d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libinotify-kqueue/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libinotify-kqueue/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchzip, autoreconfHook }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libinotify-kqueue";
   version = "20180201";
 
-  src = fetchzip {
-    url = "https://github.com/libinotify-kqueue/libinotify-kqueue/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0dkh6n0ghhcl7cjkjmpin118h7al6i4vlkmw57vip5f6ngr6q3pl";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "libinotify-kqueue";
+    repo = "libinotify-kqueue";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-9A5s8rPGlRv3KbxOukk0VB2IQrDxVjklO5RB+IA1cDY=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];