diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/languagemachines/ticcutils.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ti/ticcutils/package.nix
similarity index 62%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/languagemachines/ticcutils.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/ti/ticcutils/package.nix
index 2c828e557d9d..1ac4e9457bd2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/languagemachines/ticcutils.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ti/ticcutils/package.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  automake,
-  autoconf,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  gitUpdater,
   libtool,
+  autoreconfHook,
   pkg-config,
   autoconf-archive,
   libxml2,
@@ -13,22 +13,22 @@
   libtar,
 }:
 
-let
-  release = lib.importJSON ./release-info/LanguageMachines-ticcutils.json;
-in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "ticcutils";
-  version = release.version;
-  src = fetchurl {
-    inherit (release) url sha256;
-    name = "ticcutils-${release.version}.tar.gz";
+  version = "0.15";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "LanguageMachines";
+    repo = "ticcutils";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-1+Plo2yZyDJWn/Yk4pawQGzwdx2UBfER9ZYAYLgYGh0=";
   };
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
-    automake
-    autoconf
+    autoreconfHook
   ];
+
   buildInputs = [
     libtool
     autoconf-archive
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     libtar
     # broken but optional: boost
   ];
-  preConfigure = "sh bootstrap.sh";
+
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = gitUpdater { rev-prefix = "v"; };
+  };
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "This module contains useful functions for general use in the TiCC software stack and beyond";
@@ -49,4 +52,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ roberth ];
   };
 
-}
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/languagemachines/packages.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/languagemachines/packages.nix
index 8a490bbc9867..1515a68a296d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/languagemachines/packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/languagemachines/packages.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ let
   icu = pkgs.icu60;
 in
 {
-  ticcutils = callPackage ./ticcutils.nix { };
+  ticcutils = pkgs.ticcutils;
   libfolia = callPackage ./libfolia.nix { inherit icu; };
   ucto = callPackage ./ucto.nix { inherit icu; };
   uctodata = callPackage ./uctodata.nix { };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/languagemachines/release-info/LanguageMachines-ticcutils.json b/pkgs/development/libraries/languagemachines/release-info/LanguageMachines-ticcutils.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 11069c6b02c7..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/languagemachines/release-info/LanguageMachines-ticcutils.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "version": "v0.15",
-  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/LanguageMachines/ticcutils/tarball/v0.15",
-  "sha256": "0lssb1klx2flmr6fy78j37i5lbq3gfhzjx24j6n72ndm2rvprvcn"
-}