diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/arphic/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/arphic/default.nix
index 02e2a2de417b..ed55855e4347 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/arphic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/arphic/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,33 @@
-{ lib, fetchzip, mkfontscale, mkfontdir }:
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchurl, mkfontdir, mkfontscale }:
 
 let
   version = "0.2.20080216.2";
-in {
-  arphic-ukai = fetchzip {
-    name = "arphic-ukai-${version}";
+in
+{
+  arphic-ukai = stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+    pname = "arphic-ukai";
+    inherit version;
 
-    url = "mirror://ubuntu/pool/main/f/fonts-arphic-ukai/fonts-arphic-ukai_${version}.orig.tar.bz2";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://ubuntu/pool/main/f/fonts-${pname}/fonts-${pname}_${version}.orig.tar.bz2";
+      hash = "sha256-tJaNc1GfT4dH6FVI+4XSG2Zdob8bqQCnxJmXbmqK49I=";
+    };
+
+    nativeBuildInputs = [
+      mkfontscale
+      mkfontdir
+    ];
+
+    installPhase = ''
+      runHook preInstall
 
-    postFetch = ''
-      tar -xjvf $downloadedFile --strip-components=1
       install -D -v ukai.ttc $out/share/fonts/truetype/arphic-ukai.ttc
       cd $out/share/fonts
-      ${mkfontdir}/bin/mkfontdir
-      ${mkfontscale}/bin/mkfontscale
-    '';
+      mkfontdir
+      mkfontscale
 
-    sha256 = "0xi5ycm7ydzpn7cqxv1kcj9vd70nr9wn8v27hmibyjc25y2qdmzl";
+      runHook postInstall
+    '';
 
     meta = with lib; {
       description = "CJK Unicode font Kai style";
@@ -28,20 +39,30 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  arphic-uming = fetchzip {
-    name = "arphic-uming-${version}";
+  arphic-uming = stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+    pname = "arphic-uming";
+    inherit version;
 
-    url = "mirror://ubuntu/pool/main/f/fonts-arphic-uming/fonts-arphic-uming_${version}.orig.tar.bz2";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://ubuntu/pool/main/f/fonts-${pname}/fonts-${pname}_${version}.orig.tar.bz2";
+      hash = "sha256-48GeBOp6VltKz/bx5CSAhNLhB1LjBb991sdugIYNwds=";
+    };
+
+    nativeBuildInputs = [
+      mkfontscale
+      mkfontdir
+    ];
+
+    installPhase = ''
+      runHook preInstall
 
-    postFetch = ''
-      tar -xjvf $downloadedFile --strip-components=1
       install -D -v uming.ttc $out/share/fonts/truetype/arphic-uming.ttc
       cd $out/share/fonts
-      ${mkfontdir}/bin/mkfontdir
-      ${mkfontscale}/bin/mkfontscale
-    '';
+      mkfontdir
+      mkfontscale
 
-    sha256 = "16jybvj1cxamm682caj6nsm6l5c60x9mgchp1l2izrw2rvc8x38d";
+      runHook postInstall
+    '';
 
     meta = with lib; {
       description = "CJK Unicode font Ming style";
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/baekmuk-ttf/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/baekmuk-ttf/default.nix
index 92f7401b32da..6c80c2a02f56 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/baekmuk-ttf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/baekmuk-ttf/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,24 @@
-{ fetchzip }:
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchurl }:
 
-fetchzip rec {
-  name = "baekmuk-ttf-2.2";
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "baekmuk-ttf";
+  version = "2.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://kldp.net/baekmuk/release/865-${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    hash = "sha256-CKt9/7VdWIfMlCzjcPXjO3VqVfu06vC5DyRAcOjVGII=";
+  };
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
 
-  url = "http://kldp.net/baekmuk/release/865-${name}.tar.gz";
-  postFetch = ''
-    tar -xzvf $downloadedFile --strip-components=1
     install -m444 -Dt $out/share/fonts        ttf/*.ttf
-    install -m444 -Dt $out/share/doc/${name}  COPYRIGHT*
+    install -m444 -Dt $out/share/doc/${pname}-${version}  COPYRIGHT*
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
-  sha256 = "1jgsvack1l14q8lbcv4qhgbswi30mf045k37rl772hzcmx0r206g";
 
   meta = {
     description = "Korean font";
@@ -17,4 +26,3 @@ fetchzip rec {
     license = "BSD-like";
   };
 }
-
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/bakoma-ttf/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/bakoma-ttf/default.nix
index a8c01b41e676..38f028cd92e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/bakoma-ttf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/bakoma-ttf/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
-{ fetchzip }:
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchurl }:
 
-fetchzip {
-  name = "bakoma-ttf";
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "bakoma-ttf";
+  version = "2.2";
 
-  url = "http://tarballs.nixos.org/sha256/1j1y3cq6ys30m734axc0brdm2q9n2as4h32jws15r7w5fwr991km";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    name = "${pname}.tar.bz2";
+    url = "http://tarballs.nixos.org/sha256/1j1y3cq6ys30m734axc0brdm2q9n2as4h32jws15r7w5fwr991km";
+    hash = "sha256-dYaUMneFn1yC5lIMSLQSNmFRW16AdUXGqWBobzAbPsg=";
+  };
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
 
-  postFetch = ''
-    tar xjvf $downloadedFile --strip-components=1
     mkdir -p $out/share/fonts/truetype
     cp ttf/*.ttf $out/share/fonts/truetype
-  '';
 
-  sha256 = "0g7i723n00cqx2va05z1h6v3a2ar69gqw4hy6pjj7m0ml906rngc";
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
 
   meta = {
     description = "TrueType versions of the Computer Modern and AMS TeX Fonts";
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/caladea/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/caladea/default.nix
index 14a8de1b0d9e..d6235d42f7f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/caladea/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/caladea/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,26 @@
-{ lib, fetchzip }:
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchurl }:
 
-let
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "caladea";
   version = "20130214";
-in fetchzip {
-  name = "caladea-${version}";
 
-  url = "https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromeos-localmirror/distfiles/crosextrafonts-${version}.tar.gz";
-  postFetch = ''
-    tar -xzvf $downloadedFile --strip-components=1
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromeos-localmirror/distfiles/crosextrafonts-${version}.tar.gz";
+    hash = "sha256-xI0cL9YTycBslZw02nuDiAWeJAjSuxmEXcPtNfduTQk=";
+  };
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
     mkdir -p $out/etc/fonts/conf.d
     mkdir -p $out/share/fonts/truetype
     cp -v *.ttf $out/share/fonts/truetype
     cp -v ${./cambria-alias.conf} $out/etc/fonts/conf.d/30-cambria.conf
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
-  sha256 = "0kwm42ggr8kvcn3554cpmv90xzam1sdncx7x3zs3bzp88mxrnv1z";
 
   meta = with lib; {
     # This font doesn't appear to have any official web site but this
@@ -27,7 +34,7 @@ in fetchzip {
     '';
     license = licenses.asl20;
     platforms = platforms.all;
-    maintainers = [maintainers.rycee];
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.rycee ];
 
     # Reduce the priority of this package. The intent is that if you
     # also install the `vista-fonts` package, then you probably will
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/carlito/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/carlito/default.nix
index 0ecd3f85c693..283eb21a175f 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/carlito/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/carlito/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-{ lib, fetchzip, stdenvNoCC }:
+{ lib, fetchurl, stdenvNoCC }:
 
 stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "carlito";
   version = "20130920";
 
-  src = fetchzip {
+  src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromeos-localmirror/distfiles/crosextrafonts-carlito-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-OGDO5WoF7OmiRdLRRrIXMzg276Pgeq1L3Offcl0W2jg=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-S9ErbLwyHBzxbaduLFhcklzpVqCAZ65vbGTv9sz9r1o=";
   };
 
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/etc/fonts/conf.d
     mkdir -p $out/share/fonts/truetype
-    cp -v $src/*.ttf $out/share/fonts/truetype
+    cp -v *.ttf $out/share/fonts/truetype
     cp -v ${./calibri-alias.conf} $out/etc/fonts/conf.d/30-calibri.conf
   '';
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
     license = licenses.ofl;
     platforms = platforms.all;
-    maintainers = [maintainers.rycee];
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.rycee ];
 
     # Reduce the priority of this package. The intent is that if you
     # also install the `vista-fonts` package, then you probably will
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/cm-unicode/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/cm-unicode/default.nix
index 3248813c3cb0..7b6a9a1f0877 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/cm-unicode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/cm-unicode/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
-{ lib, fetchzip }:
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchurl }:
 
-let
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "cm-unicode";
   version = "0.7.0";
-in fetchzip rec {
-  name = "cm-unicode-${version}";
 
-  url = "mirror://sourceforge/cm-unicode/cm-unicode/${version}/${name}-otf.tar.xz";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/cm-unicode/cm-unicode/${version}/${pname}-${version}-otf.tar.xz";
+    hash = "sha256-VIp+vk1IYbEHW15wMrfGVOPqg1zBZDpgFx+jlypOHCg=";
+  };
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
 
-  postFetch = ''
-    tar -xJvf $downloadedFile --strip-components=1
     install -m444 -Dt $out/share/fonts/opentype *.otf
-    install -m444 -Dt $out/share/doc/${name}    README FontLog.txt
-  '';
+    install -m444 -Dt $out/share/doc/${pname}-${version}    README FontLog.txt
 
-  sha256 = "1rzz7yhqq3lljyqxbg46jfzfd09qgpgx865lijr4sgc94riy1ypn";
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://cm-unicode.sourceforge.io/";
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/crimson/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/crimson/default.nix
index 9400ef06cf9a..2607f6602844 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/crimson/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/crimson/default.nix
@@ -1,25 +1,32 @@
-{ lib, fetchzip }:
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
-let
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "crimson";
   version = "2014.10";
-in fetchzip rec {
-  name = "crimson-${version}";
 
-  url = "https://github.com/skosch/Crimson/archive/fonts-october2014.tar.gz";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "skosch";
+    repo = "Crimson";
+    rev = "fonts-october2014";
+    hash = "sha256-Wp9L77q93TRmrAr0P4iH9gm0tqFY0X/xSsuFcd19aAE=";
+  };
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
 
-  postFetch = ''
-    tar -xzvf $downloadedFile --strip-components=1
     install -m444 -Dt $out/share/fonts/opentype "Desktop Fonts/OTF/"*.otf
-    install -m444 -Dt $out/share/doc/${name}    README.md
-  '';
+    install -m444 -Dt $out/share/doc/${pname}-${version}    README.md
 
-  sha256 = "0mg65f0ydyfmb43jqr1f34njpd10w8npw15cbb7z0nxmy4nkl842";
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/skosch/Crimson";
     description = "A font family inspired by beautiful oldstyle typefaces";
     license = licenses.ofl;
     platforms = platforms.all;
-    maintainers = [maintainers.rycee];
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.rycee ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/culmus/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/culmus/default.nix
index 00c472d7fe34..8f8cd2974840 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/culmus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/culmus/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
-{ lib, fetchzip }:
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchurl }:
 
-let
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "culmus";
   version = "0.133";
-in fetchzip {
-  name = "culmus-${version}";
-  url = "mirror://sourceforge/culmus/culmus/${version}/culmus-${version}.tar.gz";
-  postFetch = ''
-    tar xf $downloadedFile --strip=1
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/${pname}/${pname}/${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    hash = "sha256-wMaHN0LQdUT2us8q1S65yzkpdNVkJ5ONwd+8g5nGTQU=";
+  };
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
     mkdir -p $out/share/fonts/{truetype,type1}
     cp -v *.pfa $out/share/fonts/type1/
     cp -v *.afm $out/share/fonts/type1/
@@ -14,8 +21,9 @@ in fetchzip {
     cp -v *.ttf $out/share/fonts/truetype/
     cp -v *.otf $out/share/fonts/truetype/
     cp -v fonts.scale-ttf $out/share/fonts/truetype/fonts.scale
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
-  sha256 = "0zqqjcrqmbd4389hqz2dwymkkcxjrq9ylyriiv3gbmzl6l1ffk3g";
 
   meta = {
     description = "Culmus Hebrew fonts";
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/efont-unicode/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/efont-unicode/default.nix
index f4ea61cbc9eb..e45bdab7a4d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/efont-unicode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/efont-unicode/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchzip, libfaketime, xorg }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, libfaketime, xorg }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "efont-unicode";
   version = "0.4.2";
 
-  src = fetchzip {
+  src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://openlab.ring.gr.jp/efont/dist/unicode-bdf/${pname}-bdf-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0bib3jgikq8s1m96imw4mlgbl5cbq1bs5sqig74s2l2cdfx3jaqc";
+    sha256 = "sha256-fT7SsYlV3dCQrf0IZfiNI1grj3ngDgr8IkWdg+f9m3M=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = with xorg;
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/go-font/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/go-font/default.nix
index 45041bb805d9..63b4acc9c319 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/go-font/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/go-font/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,28 @@
-{ lib, fetchzip }:
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchzip }:
 
-let
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "go-font";
   version = "2.010";
-  rev = "41969df76e82aeec85fa3821b1e24955ea993001";
-in (fetchzip {
-  name = "go-font-${version}";
-  url = "https://go.googlesource.com/image/+archive/${rev}/font/gofont/ttfs.tar.gz";
-  stripRoot = false;
 
-  postFetch = ''
+  src = fetchzip {
+    url = "https://go.googlesource.com/image/+archive/41969df76e82aeec85fa3821b1e24955ea993001/font/gofont/ttfs.tar.gz";
+    stripRoot = false;
+    hash = "sha256-rdzt51wY4b7HEr7W/0Ar/FB0zMyf+nKLsOT+CRSEP3o=";
+  };
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
     mkdir -p $out/share/fonts/truetype
     mkdir -p $out/share/doc/go-font
-    mv $out/*.ttf $out/share/fonts/truetype
-    mv $out/README $out/share/doc/go-font/LICENSE
+    mv *.ttf $out/share/fonts/truetype
+    mv README $out/share/doc/go-font/LICENSE
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
-  sha256 = "175jwq16qjnd2k923n9gcbjizchy7yv4n41dm691sjwrhbl0b13x";
-}) // {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://blog.golang.org/go-fonts";
     description = "The Go font family";
@@ -24,6 +30,5 @@ in (fetchzip {
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ sternenseemann ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
-    hydraPlatforms = [];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/gyre/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/gyre/default.nix
index 63633ffcda72..aa6e3fde257e 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/gyre/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/gyre/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,25 @@
-# when changing this expression convert it from 'fetchzip' to 'stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation'
-{ lib, fetchzip }:
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchzip }:
 
-let
-  baseName = "gyre-fonts";
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "gyre-fonts";
   version = "2.005";
-in (fetchzip {
-  name="${baseName}-${version}";
 
-  url = "http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre/whole/tg-${version}otf.zip";
+  src = fetchzip {
+    url = "http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre/whole/tg-${version}otf.zip";
+    stripRoot = false;
+    hash = "sha256-+6IufuFf+IoLXoZEPlfHUNgRhKrQNBEZ1OwPD9/uOjg=";
+  };
 
-  sha256 = "17amdpahs6kn7hk3dqxpff1s095cg1caxzij3mxjbbxp8zy0l111";
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    mkdir -p $out/share/fonts/truetype
+    cp *.otf $out/share/fonts/truetype
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
 
   meta = {
     description = "OpenType fonts from the Gyre project, suitable for use with (La)TeX";
@@ -25,9 +35,4 @@ in (fetchzip {
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ bergey ];
   };
-}).overrideAttrs (_: {
-  postFetch = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/fonts
-    unzip -j $downloadedFile \*.otf -d $out/share/fonts/truetype
-  '';
-})
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/hermit/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/hermit/default.nix
index 999a8995b46e..4e12a29ee8aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/hermit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/hermit/default.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,24 @@
-{ lib, fetchzip }:
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchzip }:
 
-let
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "hermit";
   version = "2.0";
-in fetchzip rec {
-  name = "${pname}-${version}";
 
-  url = "https://pcaro.es/d/otf-${name}.tar.gz";
+  src = fetchzip {
+    url = "https://pcaro.es/d/otf-${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    stripRoot = false;
+    hash = "sha256-RYXZ2yJ8BIxsgeEwhXz7g0NnWG3kMPZoJaOLMUQyWWQ=";
+  };
 
-  stripRoot = false;
-  postFetch = ''
-    install -m444 -Dt $out/share/fonts/opentype $out/*.otf
-    shopt -s extglob dotglob
-    rm -rf $out/!(share)
-    shopt -u extglob dotglob
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    install -m444 -Dt $out/share/fonts/opentype *.otf
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
-  sha256 = "127hnpxicqya7v1wmzxxqafq3aj1n33i4j5ncflbw6gj5g3bizwl";
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "monospace font designed to be clear, pragmatic and very readable";
@@ -25,4 +28,3 @@ in fetchzip rec {
     platforms = platforms.all;
   };
 }
-
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/julia-mono/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/julia-mono/default.nix
index 66e91df010d6..1bdddde0719e 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/julia-mono/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/julia-mono/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
-{ lib, fetchzip }:
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchzip }:
 
-let
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "JuliaMono-ttf";
   version = "0.046";
 
-in
-fetchzip {
-  name = "JuliaMono-ttf-${version}";
-  url = "https://github.com/cormullion/juliamono/releases/download/v${version}/JuliaMono-ttf.tar.gz";
-  sha256 = "sha256-+Ro517m1unQskQFhsT6oiz19aov87/tT1jlP/XB7kFU=";
+  src = fetchzip {
+    url = "https://github.com/cormullion/juliamono/releases/download/v${version}/${pname}.tar.gz";
+    stripRoot = false;
+    hash = "sha256-mq37L3bhUhdjB8z3I9i8+wyLrMSsu/nZrZXOuqE3JlU=";
+  };
 
-  stripRoot = false;
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
 
-  postFetch = ''
     mkdir -p $out/share/fonts/truetype
-    mv $out/*.ttf $out/share/fonts/truetype
-    rm $out/LICENSE
+    mv *.ttf $out/share/fonts/truetype
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/kacst/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/kacst/default.nix
index 38f85d2ad0fc..9d72ca9cdb42 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/kacst/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/kacst/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
-{ fetchzip, lib }:
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchurl }:
 
-let
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "kacst";
   version = "2.01";
-in
-fetchzip {
-  name = "kacst-${version}";
-  url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/f/fonts-kacst/fonts-kacst_${version}+mry.orig.tar.bz2";
-  sha256 = "sha256-pIO58CXfmKYRKYJ1oI+tjTwlKBRnkZ/CpIM2Xa0CDA4=";
 
-  postFetch = ''
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/f/fonts-${pname}/fonts-${pname}_${version}+mry.orig.tar.bz2";
+    hash = "sha256-byiZzpYiMU6kJs+NSISfHPFzAnJtc8toNIbV/fKiMzg=";
+  };
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
     mkdir -p $out/share/fonts
-    tar xjf $downloadedFile --strip-components=1 -C $out/share/fonts
+    cp -R kacst $out/share/fonts
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/khmeros/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/khmeros/default.nix
index 28db0d00981d..ba27b465bff9 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/khmeros/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/khmeros/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
-{ fetchzip, lib }:
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchurl }:
 
-let
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "khmeros";
   version = "5.0";
-in
-fetchzip {
-  name = "khmeros-${version}";
-  url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/f/fonts-khmeros/fonts-khmeros_${version}.orig.tar.xz";
-  sha256 = "sha256-pS+7RQbGwlBxdCfSVxHmARCAkZrZttwYNlV/CrxqI+w=";
 
-  postFetch = ''
-    unpackDir="$TMPDIR/unpack"
-    mkdir "$unpackDir"
-    cd "$unpackDir"
-    tar xf "$downloadedFile" --strip-components=1
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/f/fonts-${pname}/fonts-${pname}_${version}.orig.tar.xz";
+    hash = "sha256-gBcM9YHSuhbxvwfQTvywH/5kN921GOyvGtkROcmcBiw=";
+  };
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
     mkdir -p $out/share/fonts
     cp *.ttf $out/share/fonts
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/lao/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/lao/default.nix
index abe359410b3a..58b08c654a7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/lao/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/lao/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
-{ fetchzip, lib }:
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchurl }:
 
-let
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "lao";
   version = "0.0.20060226";
-in
-fetchzip {
-  name = "lao-${version}";
-  url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/f/fonts-lao/fonts-lao_${version}.orig.tar.xz";
-  sha256 = "sha256-Ti3DNOgLR5VBJ1mSe8M+qs4UYbCR7qOPgqxRfmHa+jY=";
 
-  postFetch = ''
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/f/fonts-${pname}/fonts-${pname}_${version}.orig.tar.xz";
+    hash = "sha256-DlgdyfhxxzVkNIL+NGsQ+PRlNkCuG3v2OahkIEYx60o=";
+  };
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
     mkdir -p $out/share/fonts
-    tar xf $downloadedFile --strip-components=1 -C $out/share/fonts fonts-lao-${version}/Phetsarath_OT.ttf
+    cp Phetsarath_OT.ttf $out/share/fonts
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/lklug-sinhala/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/lklug-sinhala/default.nix
index 45f907f1cf07..6610d6a213eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/lklug-sinhala/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/lklug-sinhala/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
-{ fetchzip, lib }:
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchurl }:
 
-let
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "lklug-sinhala";
   version = "0.6";
-in
-fetchzip {
-  name = "lklug-sinhala-${version}";
-  url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/f/fonts-lklug-sinhala/fonts-lklug-sinhala_${version}.orig.tar.xz";
-  sha256 = "sha256-Fy+QnAajA4yLf/I1vOQll5pRd0ZLfLe8UXq4XMC9qNc=";
 
-  postFetch = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/fonts
-    tar xf $downloadedFile --strip-components=1 -C $out/share/fonts fonts-lklug-sinhala-${version}/lklug.ttf
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/f/fonts-${pname}/fonts-${pname}_${version}.orig.tar.xz";
+    hash = "sha256-oPCCa01PMQcCK5fEILgXjrGzoDg+UvxkqK6AgeQaKio=";
+  };
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    mkdir -p $out/share/fonts/truetype
+    cp *.ttf $out/share/fonts/truetype
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/lmodern/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/lmodern/default.nix
index af0e70331351..2df5f65e6c42 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/lmodern/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/lmodern/default.nix
@@ -1,26 +1,29 @@
-{ fetchzip }:
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchurl }:
 
-fetchzip {
-  name = "lmodern-2.005";
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "lmodern";
+  version = "2.005";
 
-  url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/l/lmodern/lmodern_2.005.orig.tar.gz";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/l/${pname}/${pname}_${version}.orig.tar.gz";
+    hash = "sha256-xlUuZt6rjW0pX4t6PKWAHkkv3PisGCj7ZwatZPAUNxk=";
+  };
 
-  postFetch = ''
-    tar xzvf $downloadedFile
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
 
     mkdir -p $out/texmf-dist/
     mkdir -p $out/share/fonts/
 
-    cp -r lmodern-2.005/* $out/texmf-dist/
-    cp -r lmodern-2.005/fonts/{opentype,type1} $out/share/fonts/
+    cp -r * $out/texmf-dist/
+    cp -r fonts/{opentype,type1} $out/share/fonts/
 
-    ln -s -r $out/texmf* $out/share/
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
-  sha256 = "sha256-ySdKUt8o5FqmpdnYSzbGJ1f9t8VmKYXqPt53e1/E/FA=";
-
   meta = {
     description = "Latin Modern font";
   };
 }
-
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/luculent/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/luculent/default.nix
index 9d61931db365..8dd60f23d0c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/luculent/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/luculent/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,24 @@
-{ lib, fetchzip }:
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchurl }:
 
-let version = "2.0.0"; in
-fetchzip {
-  name = "luculent-${version}";
-  url =  "http://www.eastfarthing.com/luculent/luculent.tar.xz";
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "luculent";
+  version = "2.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.eastfarthing.com/${pname}/${pname}.tar.xz";
+    hash = "sha256-6NxLnTBnvHmTUTFa2wW0AuKPEbCqzaWQyiFVnF0sBqU=";
+  };
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
 
-  postFetch = ''
-    tar -xJf $downloadedFile --strip-components=1
     mkdir -p $out/share/fonts/truetype
     cp *.ttf $out/share/fonts/truetype
-  '';
 
-  sha256 = "1m3g64galwna1xjxb1fczmfplm6c1fn3ra1ln7f0vkm0ah5m4lbv";
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "luculent font";
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/lxgw-wenkai/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/lxgw-wenkai/default.nix
index bb36d9a920a5..8afb5b2020b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/lxgw-wenkai/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/lxgw-wenkai/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,25 @@
-{ lib, fetchzip }:
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchurl }:
 
-fetchzip rec {
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "lxgw-wenkai";
   version = "1.245.1";
 
-  url = "https://github.com/lxgw/LxgwWenKai/releases/download/v${version}/lxgw-wenkai-v${version}.tar.gz";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/lxgw/LxgwWenKai/releases/download/v${version}/${pname}-v${version}.tar.gz";
+    hash = "sha256-CllpZdTC27fsh6Uo+VERvXBjl/tjdhIfA+v29GXIG44=";
+  };
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
 
-  postFetch = ''
     mkdir -p $out/share/fonts/truetype
-    mv $out/*.ttf $out/share/fonts/truetype
+    mv *.ttf $out/share/fonts/truetype
 
-    shopt -s extglob dotglob
-    rm -rf $out/!(share)
-    shopt -u extglob dotglob
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
-  hash = "sha256-4RQ+aqAZPQH3t6v2KvrNWgYT3J3uMuY34XTuvyLEOeI=";
-
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://lxgw.github.io/";
     description = "An open-source Chinese font derived from Fontworks' Klee One";
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/marathi-cursive/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/marathi-cursive/default.nix
index 8c228fd91a75..3dfb46fff690 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/marathi-cursive/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/marathi-cursive/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
-{ lib, fetchzip }:
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchurl }:
 
-let
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "marathi-cursive";
   version = "2.0";
-in fetchzip rec {
-  name = "marathi-cursive-${version}";
 
-  url = "https://github.com/MihailJP/MarathiCursive/releases/download/v${version}/MarathiCursive-${version}.tar.xz";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/MihailJP/MarathiCursive/releases/download/v${version}/MarathiCursive-${version}.tar.xz";
+    hash = "sha256-JE9T3UMSYn/JfEWuWHikDJIlt4nZl6GzY98v3vG6di4=";
+  };
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
 
-  postFetch = ''
-    tar -xJf $downloadedFile --strip-components=1
     install -m444 -Dt $out/share/fonts/marathi-cursive *.otf *.ttf
-    install -m444 -Dt $out/share/doc/${name} README *.txt
-  '';
+    install -m444 -Dt $out/share/doc/${pname}-${version} README *.txt
 
-  sha256 = "17pj60ajnjghxhxka8a046mz6vfwr79wnby7xd6pg5hgncin2hgg";
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/MihailJP/MarathiCursive";
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/nanum/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/nanum/default.nix
index 1aac2c53d821..d768c6d96d66 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/nanum/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/nanum/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
-{ fetchzip, lib }:
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchurl }:
 
-let
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "nanum";
   version = "20170925";
-in
-fetchzip {
-  name = "nanum-${version}";
-  url = "mirror://ubuntu/pool/universe/f/fonts-nanum/fonts-nanum_${version}.orig.tar.xz";
-  sha256 = "sha256-lSTeQEuMmlQxiQqrx9tNScifE8nMOUDJF3lCfoAFIJk=";
 
-  postFetch = ''
-    unpackDir="$TMPDIR/unpack"
-    mkdir "$unpackDir"
-    cd "$unpackDir"
-    tar xf "$downloadedFile" --strip-components=1
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://ubuntu/pool/universe/f/fonts-${pname}/fonts-${pname}_${version}.orig.tar.xz";
+    hash = "sha256-GlVXH9YUU3wHMkNoz5miBv7N2oUEbwUXlcVoElQ9++4=";
+  };
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
     mkdir -p $out/share/fonts
     cp *.ttf $out/share/fonts
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/oldsindhi/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/oldsindhi/default.nix
index e0e783fd80a5..9c8053784006 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/oldsindhi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/oldsindhi/default.nix
@@ -1,25 +1,30 @@
-{ lib, fetchzip }:
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchurl }:
 
-let
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "oldsindhi";
   version = "1.0";
-in fetchzip rec {
-  name = "oldsindhi-${version}";
 
-  url = "https://github.com/MihailJP/oldsindhi/releases/download/v${version}/OldSindhi-${version}.tar.xz";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/MihailJP/${pname}/releases/download/v${version}/OldSindhi-${version}.tar.xz";
+    hash = "sha256-jOcl+mo6CJ9Lnn3nAUiXXHCJssovVgLoPrbGxj4uzQs=";
+  };
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
 
-  postFetch = ''
-    tar -xJf $downloadedFile --strip-components=1
     install -m444 -Dt $out/share/fonts/truetype *.ttf
-    install -m444 -Dt $out/share/doc/${name} README *.txt
-  '';
+    install -m444 -Dt $out/share/doc/${pname}-${version} README *.txt
 
-  sha256 = "03c483vbrwz2fpdfbys42fmik9788zxfmjmc4fgq4s2d0mraa0j1";
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/MihailJP/oldsindhi";
     description = "Free Sindhi Khudabadi font";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ mathnerd314 ];
-    license = with licenses; [mit ofl];
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ofl ];
     platforms = platforms.all;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/takao/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/takao/default.nix
index dcbce858e011..349edea60ff2 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/takao/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/takao/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
-{ fetchzip, lib }:
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchurl }:
 
-let
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "takao";
   version = "00303.01";
-in
-fetchzip {
-  name = "takao-${version}";
-  url = "mirror://ubuntu/pool/universe/f/fonts-takao/fonts-takao_${version}.orig.tar.gz";
-  sha256 = "sha256-TlPq3iIv8vHlxYu5dkX/Lf6ediYKQaQ5uMbFvypQM/w=";
 
-  postFetch = ''
-    unpackDir="$TMPDIR/unpack"
-    mkdir "$unpackDir"
-    cd "$unpackDir"
-    tar xf "$downloadedFile" --strip-components=1
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://ubuntu/pool/universe/f/fonts-${pname}/fonts-${pname}_${version}.orig.tar.gz";
+    hash = "sha256-0wjHNv1yStp0q9D0WfwjgUYoUKcCrXA5jFO8PEVgq5k=";
+  };
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
     mkdir -p $out/share/fonts
     cp *.ttf $out/share/fonts
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/tibetan-machine/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/tibetan-machine/default.nix
index 67393a9c4ab9..9fa22c5fa81b 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/tibetan-machine/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/tibetan-machine/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
-{ fetchzip, lib }:
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchurl }:
 
-let
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "tibetan-machine";
   version = "1.901b";
-in
-fetchzip {
-  name = "tibetan-machine-${version}";
-  url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/f/fonts-tibetan-machine/fonts-tibetan-machine_${version}.orig.tar.bz2";
-  sha256 = "sha256-A+RgpFLsP4iTzl0PMRHaNzWGbDR5Qa38lRegNJ96ULo=";
 
-  postFetch = ''
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/f/fonts-${pname}/fonts-${pname}_${version}.orig.tar.bz2";
+    hash = "sha256-c/1Sgv7xKHpsJGjY9ZY2qOJHShGHL1robvphFNJOt5w=";
+  };
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
     mkdir -p $out/share/fonts
-    tar xf $downloadedFile --strip-components=1 -C $out/share/fonts ttf-tmuni-${version}/TibMachUni-${version}.ttf
+    cp *.ttf $out/share/fonts
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera/default.nix
index 95e4ce2a52ab..10098d6cf04d 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
-{ lib, fetchzip }:
-let
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "ttf-bitstream-vera";
   version = "1.10";
-in
-fetchzip rec {
-  name = "${pname}-${version}";
 
-  url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${name}.tar.bz2";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    hash = "sha256-21sn33u7MYA269t1rNPpjxvW62YI+3CmfUeM0kPReNw=";
+  };
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
 
-  postFetch = ''
-    tar -xjf $downloadedFile --strip-components=1
     install -m444 -Dt $out/share/fonts/truetype *.ttf
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
-  sha256 = "179hal4yi3367jg8rsvqx6h2w4s0kn9zzrv8c47sslyg28g39s4m";
-
-  meta = {
-  };
+  meta = { };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/unfonts-core/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/unfonts-core/default.nix
index 7f01d5531e15..7325730e4f2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/unfonts-core/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/unfonts-core/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,22 @@
-{ lib, fetchzip }:
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchurl }:
 
-let
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "unfonts-core";
   version = "1.0.2-080608";
-in fetchzip {
-  name = "${pname}-${version}";
-  url = "https://kldp.net/unfonts/release/2607-un-fonts-core-${version}.tar.gz";
-  hash = "sha256-k9C7d/SbVLWFzRnDWpOIMtY6cAEIcaLcbxQAqjwuWds=";
 
-  postFetch = ''
-    tar -xzf $downloadedFile --strip-components=1
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://kldp.net/unfonts/release/2607-un-fonts-core-${version}.tar.gz";
+    hash = "sha256-OwpydPmqt+jw8ZOMAacOFYF2bVG0lLoUVoPzesVXkY4=";
+  };
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
     install -m444 -Dt $out/share/fonts/truetype *.ttf
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
@@ -20,7 +26,7 @@ in fetchzip {
       The Un-fonts come from the HLaTeX as type1 fonts in 1998 by Koaunghi Un, he made type1 fonts to use with Korean TeX (HLaTeX) in the late 1990's and released it under the GPL license.
 
       They were converted to TrueType with the FontForge (PfaEdit) by Won-kyu Park in 2003.
-          '';
+    '';
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = platforms.all;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.ehmry ];
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/vdrsymbols/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/vdrsymbols/default.nix
index 4b280df56441..de4ef5f36f29 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/vdrsymbols/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/vdrsymbols/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@
-{ lib, fetchzip }:
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchurl }:
 
-fetchzip {
-  name = "vdrsymbols-20100612";
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "vdrsymbols";
+  version = "20100612";
 
-  url = "http://andreas.vdr-developer.org/fonts/download/vdrsymbols-ttf-20100612.tgz";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://andreas.vdr-developer.org/fonts/download/${pname}-ttf-${version}.tgz";
+    hash = "sha256-YxB+JcDkta5are+OQyP/WKDL0vllgn0m26bU9mQ3C/Q=";
+  };
 
-  sha256 = "0wpxns8zqic98c84j18dr4zmj092v07yq07vwwgzblr0rw9n6gzr";
+  dontBuild = true;
 
-  postFetch = ''
-    tar xvzf "$downloadedFile"
-    install -Dm444 -t "$out/share/fonts/truetype" */*.ttf
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    install -Dm444 -t "$out/share/fonts/truetype" *.ttf
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/wqy-microhei/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/wqy-microhei/default.nix
index f7d3b0333c5e..80645bf496e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/wqy-microhei/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/wqy-microhei/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
-{ lib, fetchzip }:
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchurl }:
 
-fetchzip rec {
-  name = "wqy-microhei-0.2.0-beta";
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "wqy-microhei";
+  version = "0.2.0";
 
-  url = "mirror://sourceforge/wqy/${name}.tar.gz";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/wqy/${pname}-${version}-beta.tar.gz";
+    hash = "sha256-KAKsgCOqNqZupudEWFTjoHjTd///QhaTQb0jeHH3IT4=";
+  };
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
 
-  postFetch = ''
-    tar -xzf $downloadedFile --strip-components=1
     install -Dm644 wqy-microhei.ttc $out/share/fonts/wqy-microhei.ttc
-  '';
 
-  sha256 = "0i5jh7mkp371fxqmsvn7say075r641yl4hq26isjyrqvb8cv92a9";
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
 
   meta = {
     description = "A (mainly) Chinese Unicode font";
@@ -20,4 +27,3 @@ fetchzip rec {
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
   };
 }
-
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/wqy-zenhei/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/wqy-zenhei/default.nix
index 5d461d0f5b00..9b0757128cd0 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/wqy-zenhei/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/wqy-zenhei/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
-{ lib, fetchzip }:
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchurl }:
 
-let
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "wqy-zenhei";
   version = "0.9.45";
-in fetchzip rec {
-  name = "wqy-zenhei-${version}";
 
-  url = "mirror://sourceforge/wqy/${name}.tar.gz";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/wqy/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    hash = "sha256-5LfjBkdb+UJ9F1dXjw5FKJMMhMROqj8WfUxC8RDuddY=";
+  };
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
 
-  postFetch = ''
-    tar -xzf $downloadedFile --strip-components=1
     mkdir -p $out/share/fonts
     install -m644 *.ttc $out/share/fonts/
-  '';
 
-  sha256 = "0hbjq6afcd63nsyjzrjf8fmm7pn70jcly7fjzjw23v36ffi0g255";
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
 
   meta = {
     description = "A (mainly) Chinese Unicode font";