diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/default.nix
index 92c7468753e8..1b000fb49a99 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/default.nix
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@
     appendShort = lib.optionalString ((builtins.match "[a-f0-9]*" rev) != null) "-${short}";
   in "${if matched == null then base else builtins.head matched}${appendShort}";
 in
-lib.makeOverridable (
-{ url, rev ? "HEAD", sha256 ? "", hash ? "", leaveDotGit ? deepClone
+lib.makeOverridable (lib.fetchers.withNormalizedHash { } (
+{ url, rev ? "HEAD", leaveDotGit ? deepClone
+, outputHash ? lib.fakeHash, outputHashAlgo ? null
 , fetchSubmodules ? true, deepClone ? false
 , branchName ? null
 , sparseCheckout ? []
@@ -56,9 +57,7 @@ lib.makeOverridable (
 assert deepClone -> leaveDotGit;
 assert nonConeMode -> (sparseCheckout != []);
 
-if hash != "" && sha256 != "" then
-  throw "Only one of sha256 or hash can be set"
-else if builtins.isString sparseCheckout then
+if builtins.isString sparseCheckout then
   # Changed to throw on 2023-06-04
   throw "Please provide directories/patterns for sparse checkout as a list of strings. Passing a (multi-line) string is not supported any more."
 else
@@ -70,14 +69,8 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ git cacert ]
     ++ lib.optionals fetchLFS [ git-lfs ];
 
-  outputHashAlgo = if hash != "" then null else "sha256";
+  inherit outputHash outputHashAlgo;
   outputHashMode = "recursive";
-  outputHash = if hash != "" then
-    hash
-  else if sha256 != "" then
-    sha256
-  else
-    lib.fakeSha256;
 
   # git-sparse-checkout(1) says:
   # > When the --stdin option is provided, the directories or patterns are read
@@ -105,4 +98,4 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
     gitRepoUrl = url;
   };
 }
-)
+))