diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/el-easydraw/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/el-easydraw/default.nix
index 88749d10d9d5..448eb01f802a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/el-easydraw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/el-easydraw/default.nix
@@ -1,57 +1,32 @@
-{ lib
-, melpaBuild
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, writeText
-, writeScript
-, gzip
+{
+  lib,
+  melpaBuild,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  gzip,
+  unstableGitUpdater,
 }:
 
-let
-  rev = "a6c849619abcdd80dc82ec5417195414ad438fa3";
-in
 melpaBuild {
   pname = "edraw";
-  version = "20240701.444";
+  version = "1.2.0-unstable-2024-07-01";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "misohena";
     repo = "el-easydraw";
-    inherit rev;
+    rev = "a6c849619abcdd80dc82ec5417195414ad438fa3";
     hash = "sha256-CbcI1mmghc3HObg80bjScVDcJ1DHx9aX1WP2HlhAshs=";
   };
 
-  commit = rev;
+  propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ gzip ];
 
-  packageRequires = [ gzip ];
+  files = ''(:defaults "msg")'';
 
-  recipe = writeText "recipe" ''
-    (edraw
-      :repo "misohena/el-easydraw"
-      :fetcher github
-      :files
-      ("*.el"
-       "msg"))
-  '';
-
-  passthru.updateScript = writeScript "update.sh" ''
-    #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-    #!nix-shell -i bash -p common-updater-scripts coreutils git gnused
-    set -eu -o pipefail
-    tmpdir="$(mktemp -d)"
-    git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/misohena/el-easydraw.git "$tmpdir"
-    pushd "$tmpdir"
-    commit=$(git show -s --pretty='format:%H')
-    # Based on: https://github.com/melpa/melpa/blob/2d8716906a0c9e18d6c979d8450bf1d15dd785eb/package-build/package-build.el#L523-L533
-    version=$(TZ=UTC git show -s --pretty='format:%cd' --date='format-local:%Y%m%d.%H%M' | sed 's|\.0*|.|')
-    popd
-    update-source-version emacsPackages.el-easydraw $version --rev="$commit"
-  '';
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { tagPrefix = "v"; };
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/misohena/el-easydraw";
     description = "Embedded drawing tool for Emacs";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ brahyerr ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
   };
 }