diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libsvm/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libsvm/package.nix
index 3351b4ceed7f..4347c65df84c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libsvm/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libsvm/package.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
   fixDarwinDylibNames,
   llvmPackages,
   withOpenMP ? true,
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libsvm";
-  version = "3.33";
+  version = "333";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~cjlin/libsvm/libsvm-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-1doSzMPQ7thFP732+sfZ8AUvPopfB6IXTk7wqdg9zfg=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "cjlin1";
+    repo = "libsvm";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-eM7O/skOcxkKV4utlC7G9FvMO+d2yZm5D0BoIUhAPXo=";
   };
 
   patches = lib.optionals withOpenMP [ ./openmp.patch ];