diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/influxdb/backup.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/influxdb/backup.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0713f064ca58..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/influxdb/backup.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, goPackages, fetchgit }:
-
-with goPackages;
-
-buildGoPackage rec {
-  rev = "4556edbffa914a8c17fa1fa1564962a33c6c7596";
-  name = "influxdb-backup-${lib.strings.substring 0 7 rev}";
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/eckardt/influxdb-backup";
-  src = fetchgit {
-    inherit rev;
-    url = https://github.com/eckardt/influxdb-backup.git;
-    sha256 = "2928063e6dfe4be7b69c8e72e4d6a5fc557f0c75e9625fadf607d59b8e80e34b";
-  };
-
-  subPackages = [ "influxdb-dump" "influxdb-restore" ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ eckardt.influxdb-go ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Backup and Restore for InfluxDB";
-    homepage = https://github.com/eckardt/influxdb-backup;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ offline ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f649edc8fb67..755d85f36de7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9170,7 +9170,7 @@ let
 
   influxdb = callPackage ../servers/nosql/influxdb { };
 
-  influxdb-backup = callPackage ../servers/nosql/influxdb/backup.nix { };
+  influxdb-backup = goPackages.influxdb-backup.bin // { outputs = [ "bin" ]; };
 
   hyperdex = callPackage ../servers/nosql/hyperdex { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix
index 45f5013e81c0..a998f231e52e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix
@@ -1521,6 +1521,16 @@ let
     buildInputs = [ statik crypto gogo.protobuf log4go toml pmylund.go-cache gollectd pat dgnorton.goback mux context gocheck influx.gomdb levigo ];
   };
 
+  influxdb-backup = buildFromGitHub rec {
+    rev = "4556edbffa914a8c17fa1fa1564962a33c6c7596";
+    date = "2014-07-28";
+    owner = "eckardt";
+    repo = "influxdb-backup";
+    sha256 = "2928063e6dfe4be7b69c8e72e4d6a5fc557f0c75e9625fadf607d59b8e80e34b";
+
+    buildInputs = [ eckardt.influxdb-go ];
+  };
+
   eckardt.influxdb-go = buildGoPackage rec {
     rev = "8b71952efc257237e077c5d0672e936713bad38f";
     name = "influxdb-go-${stdenv.lib.strings.substring 0 7 rev}";