diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/yl/yle-dl/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/yl/yle-dl/package.nix
index d2b258ae75f1..0856afcfc7f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/yl/yle-dl/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/yl/yle-dl/package.nix
@@ -1,57 +1,52 @@
 {
   lib,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  rtmpdump,
-  php,
-  wget,
   python3Packages,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
   ffmpeg,
-  testers,
-  yle-dl,
+  wget,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
-python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
-  pname = "yle-dl";
-  version = "20250316";
+let
+  version = "20250730";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "aajanki";
     repo = "yle-dl";
-    rev = "releases/${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-8cJVaoZRKAR/mkRebpgMfwOWIdDySS8q6Dc2kanr4SE=";
+    tag = "releases/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-85Dj+r6heusvT3+y3SNYBBa5h/tje0G4XHmfJpCwkMY=";
   };
-
+in
+python3Packages.buildPythonApplication {
+  pname = "yle-dl";
+  inherit version src;
   pyproject = true;
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
-    attrs
+  build-system = with python3Packages; [ flit-core ];
+
+  dependencies = with python3Packages; [
     configargparse
-    ffmpeg
-    future
     lxml
     requests
   ];
-  buildInputs = with python3Packages; [
-    flit-core
-  ];
+
   pythonPath = [
-    rtmpdump
-    php
     wget
+    ffmpeg
   ];
 
-  doCheck = false; # tests require network access
-  nativeCheckInputs = with python3Packages; [ pytestCheckHook ];
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    versionCheckHook
+    # tests require network access
+    # python3Packages.pytestCheckHook
+  ];
 
-  passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion {
-    package = yle-dl;
-    command = "yle-dl -h";
-  };
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "--version";
 
   meta = {
     description = "Downloads videos from Yle (Finnish Broadcasting Company) servers";
     homepage = "https://aajanki.github.io/yle-dl/";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/aajanki/yle-dl/blob/${version}/ChangeLog";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/aajanki/yle-dl/blob/${src.tag}/ChangeLog";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ dezgeg ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;