diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyside/apiextractor.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyside/apiextractor.nix
index ab8c6eb78407..058414747440 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyside/apiextractor.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyside/apiextractor.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, libxml2, libxslt, python3, qt4 }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, libxml2, libxslt, python3, qt4 }:
 
 # This derivation does not provide any Python module and should therefore be called via `all-packages.nix`.
 let
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "pyside-apiextractor";
   version = "0.10.10";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/PySide/Apiextractor/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1zj8yrxy08iv1pk38djxw3faimm226w6wmi0gm32w4yczblylwz3";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "PySide";
+    repo = "Apiextractor";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-YH8aYyzv59xiIglZbdNgOPnmEQwNE2GmotAFFfFdMlg=";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyside/generatorrunner.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyside/generatorrunner.nix
index 532ee6b2b24e..f1e002daf4c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyside/generatorrunner.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyside/generatorrunner.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, pysideApiextractor, python3, qt4 }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pysideApiextractor, python3, qt4 }:
 
 # This derivation does not provide any Python module and should therefore be called via `all-packages.nix`.
 let
   pythonEnv = python3.withPackages(ps: with ps; [ sphinx ]);
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "pyside-generatorrunner";
   version = "0.6.16";
-in stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "${pname}-${version}";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/PySide/Generatorrunner/archive/0.6.16.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0vzk3cp0pfbhd921r8f1xkcz96znla39dhj074k623x9k26lj2sj";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "PySide";
+    repo = "Generatorrunner";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-JAghKY033RTD5b2elitzVQbbN3PMmT3BHwpqx8N5EYg=";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];