diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index e5b7da9fa36c..403e2841839b 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -13674,6 +13674,12 @@
     githubId = 152312;
     name = "Periklis Tsirakidis";
   };
+  perstark = {
+    email = "perstark.se@gmail.com";
+    github = "perstarkse";
+    githubId = 63069986;
+    name = "Per Stark";
+  };
   petercommand = {
     email = "petercommand@gmail.com";
     github = "petercommand";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/blinkstick/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/blinkstick/default.nix
index d3de7561bec2..bafd5254b968 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/blinkstick/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/blinkstick/default.nix
@@ -1,35 +1,27 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, pyusb
-}:
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, pyusb }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "blinkstick";
-  version = "1.2.0";
+  version = "unstable-2023-05-04";
+  format = "setuptools";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "0rdk3i81s6byw23za0bxvkh7sj5l16qxxgc2c53qjg3klc24wcm9";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "arvydas";
+    repo = "blinkstick-python";
+    rev = "8140b9fa18a9ff4f0e9df8e70c073f41cb8f1d35";
+    hash = "sha256-9bc7TD/Ilc952ywLauFd0+3Lh64lQlYuDC1KG9eWDgs=";
   };
 
-  # Upstream fix https://github.com/arvydas/blinkstick-python/pull/54
-  # https://github.com/arvydas/blinkstick-python/pull/54/commits/b9bee2cd72f799f1210e5d9e13207f93bbc2d244.patch
-  # has line ending issues after 1.2.0
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace "pyusb==1.0.0" "pyusb>=1.0.0"
-  '';
-
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyusb ];
 
   # Project has no tests
   doCheck = false;
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "blinkstick" ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Python package to control BlinkStick USB devices";
     homepage = "https://github.com/arvydas/blinkstick-python";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ np ];
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ np perstark ];
   };
 }