diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pc/pcsx2/update.sh b/pkgs/by-name/pc/pcsx2/update.sh
index 07203fd80e2a..a2fd42ee3516 100755
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pc/pcsx2/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pc/pcsx2/update.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,4 @@ update-source-version pcsx2 \
   --rev=$latestPatchesRev \
   --source-key=pcsx2_patches
 
-latestVersion="`curl "https://api.github.com/repos/PCSX2/pcsx2/releases/latest" \
-  | jq -r ".tag_name[1:]"`"
-
-nix-update pcsx2 --version=$latestVersion
+nix-update pcsx2 --use-github-releases