diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/pamixer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/pamixer/default.nix
index 4ea432885f60..ac3df5c5f958 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/pamixer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/pamixer/default.nix
@@ -1,31 +1,19 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, boost, libpulseaudio, installShellFiles }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, boost, libpulseaudio }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "pamixer";
-  version = "unstable-2021-03-29";
+  version = "1.5";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "cdemoulins";
     repo = "pamixer";
-    rev = "4ea2594cb8c605dccd00a381ba19680eba368e94";
-    sha256 = "sha256-kV4wIxm1WZvqqyfmgQ2cSbRJwJR154OW0MMDg2ntf6g=";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-7VNhHAQ1CecQPlqb8SMKK0U1SsFZxDuS+QkPqJfMqrQ=";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ boost libpulseaudio ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-
-    install -Dm755 pamixer -t $out/bin
-
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    installManPage pamixer.1
-  '';
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Pulseaudio command line mixer";