diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/libsmf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/libsmf/default.nix
index a98f3f55a488..b3e3a34973c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/libsmf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/libsmf/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, glib, pkg-config }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, glib, pkg-config }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "1.3";
   pname = "libsmf";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/stump/libsmf/archive/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1527pcc1vd0l5iks2yw8m0bymcrnih2md5465lwpzw0wgy4rky7n";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "stump";
+    repo = "libsmf";
+    rev = "libsmf-${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-OJXJkXvbM2GQNInZXU2ldObquKHhqkdu1zqUDnVZN0Y=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/lvtk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/lvtk/default.nix
index 111a72972ed3..414634f07070 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/lvtk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/lvtk/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, boost, gtkmm2, lv2, pkg-config, python2, wafHook }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, boost, gtkmm2, lv2, pkg-config, python2, wafHook }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "lvtk";
   version = "1.2.0";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/lvtk/lvtk/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "03nbj2cqcklqwh50zj2gwm07crh5iwqbpxbpzwbg5hvgl4k4rnjd";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "lvtk";
+    repo = "lvtk";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-6IoyhBig3Nvc4Y8F0w8b1up6sn8O2RmoUVaBQ//+Aaw=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config python2 wafHook ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/box2d/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/box2d/default.nix
index 64349b1e3cf3..80287f4f3140 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/box2d/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/box2d/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, cmake, libGLU, libGL, freeglut, libX11, xorgproto
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, libGLU, libGL, freeglut, libX11, xorgproto
 , libXi, pkg-config }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "box2d";
   version = "2.3.1";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/erincatto/box2d/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0p03ngsmyz0r5kbpiaq10ns4fxwkjvvawi8k6pfall46b93wizsq";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "erincatto";
+    repo = "box2d";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-Z2J17YMzQNZqABIa5eyJDT7BWfXveymzs+DWsrklPIs=";
   };
 
-  sourceRoot = "box2d-${version}/Box2D";
+  sourceRoot = "source/Box2D";
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake unzip pkg-config ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
   buildInputs = [ libGLU libGL freeglut libX11 xorgproto libXi ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/capstone/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/capstone/default.nix
index cce14951c8be..adc52da1e560 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/capstone/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/capstone/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pkg-config }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "capstone";
   version = "4.0.2";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url    = "https://github.com/aquynh/capstone/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0sjjbqps48az4map0kmai7j7dak3gy0xcq0sgx8fg09g0acdg0bw";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "aquynh";
+    repo = "capstone";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-XMwQ7UaPC8YYu4yxsE4bbR3leYPfBHu5iixSLz05r3g=";
   };
 
   # replace faulty macos detection
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cmrt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cmrt/default.nix
index 43d73ba200ce..5b2895a3f177 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/cmrt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cmrt/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, pkg-config, libdrm, libva }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkg-config, libdrm, libva }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "cmrt";
   version = "1.0.6";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/intel/cmrt/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1q7651nvvcqhph5rgfhklm71zqd0c405mrh3wx0cfzvil82yj8na";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "intel";
+    repo = "cmrt";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-W6MQI41J9CKeM1eILCkvmW34cbCC8YeEF2mE+Ci8o7s=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/grantlee/5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/grantlee/5/default.nix
index 6c8bf6eb7223..56899b1f8978 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/grantlee/5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/grantlee/5/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-{ mkDerivation, lib, fetchurl, qtbase, qtscript, cmake }:
+{ mkDerivation, lib, fetchFromGitHub, qtbase, qtscript, cmake }:
 
 mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "grantlee";
   version = "5.2.0";
   grantleePluginPrefix = "lib/grantlee/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/steveire/grantlee/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "02lrdbnvaz19hkawbbj2psww1m04qsbhvv172ggpp5bbfkjwx6hk";
-    name = "${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "steveire";
+    repo = "grantlee";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-mAbgzdBdIW1wOTQNBePQuyTgkKdpn1c+zR3H7mXHvgk=";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ qtbase qtscript ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openbabel/2.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openbabel/2.nix
index 11265c643f94..4f2f31d614c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/openbabel/2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openbabel/2.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-{stdenv, lib, fetchurl, fetchpatch, cmake, zlib, libxml2, eigen, python, cairo, pcre, pkg-config }:
+{stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, cmake, zlib, libxml2, eigen, python, cairo, pcre, pkg-config }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "openbabel";
   version = "2.4.1";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/openbabel/openbabel/archive/openbabel-${lib.replaceStrings ["."] ["-"] version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0xm7y859ivq2cp0q08mwshfxm0jq31xkyr4x8s0j6l7khf57yk2r";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "openbabel";
+    repo = "openbabel";
+    rev = "openbabel-${lib.replaceStrings ["."] ["-"] version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-+pXsWMzex7rB1mm6dnTHzAcyw9jImgx1OZuLeCvbeJ0=";
   };
 
   patches = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wxwidgets/3.0/mac.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wxwidgets/3.0/mac.nix
index 22e818409913..17c2ee9efaef 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/wxwidgets/3.0/mac.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wxwidgets/3.0/mac.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchzip, expat, libiconv, libjpeg, libpng, libtiff, zlib
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, expat, libiconv, libjpeg, libpng, libtiff, zlib
 # darwin only attributes
 , derez, rez, setfile
 , AGL, Cocoa, Kernel, WebKit
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "3.0.5.1";
   pname = "wxmac";
 
-  src = fetchzip {
-    url = "https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "19mqglghjjqjgz4rbybn3qdgn2cz9xc511nq1pvvli9wx2k8syl1";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "wxWidgets";
+    repo = "wxWidgets";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-I91douzXDAfDgm4Pplf17iepv4vIRhXZDRFl9keJJq0=";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [