diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/mecab/base.nix b/pkgs/by-name/me/mecab/base.nix
similarity index 57%
rename from pkgs/tools/text/mecab/base.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/me/mecab/base.nix
index ea572104238c..e4270d04ceb6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/mecab/base.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/me/mecab/base.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-{ fetchurl, libiconv }:
+{ fetchFromGitHub, libiconv }:
 
 finalAttrs: {
   version = "0.996";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B4y35FiV1wh7cENtOXlicTFaRUE";
-    name = "mecab-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
-    hash = "sha256-4HMyV4MTW3LmZhRceBu0j62lg9UiT7JJD7bBQDumnFk=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "taku910";
+    repo = "mecab";
+    rev = "5a7db65493a0b57d5fc31734e65300320aaf94c8";
+    hash = "sha256-elB0Zr8DDkw3IZvvqVG+OBspZxFLPnvUSM9SRSILYWs=";
+    rootDir = "mecab";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ libiconv ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/mecab/ipadic.nix b/pkgs/by-name/me/mecab/ipadic.nix
similarity index 65%
rename from pkgs/tools/text/mecab/ipadic.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/me/mecab/ipadic.nix
index 9f49e5f1b5e4..b3ecb078de31 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/mecab/ipadic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/me/mecab/ipadic.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  mecab-nodic,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
   buildPackages,
+  callPackage,
 }:
 
+let
+  mecab-nodic = callPackage ./nodic.nix { };
+in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "mecab-ipadic";
   version = "2.7.0-20070801";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B4y35FiV1wh7MWVlSDBCSXZMTXM";
-    name = "mecab-ipadic-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
-    hash = "sha256-ti9SfYgcUEV2uu2cbvZWFVRlixdc5q4AlqYDB+SeNSM=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "taku910";
+    repo = "mecab";
+    rev = "2fd29256c6d5e1b10211cac838069ee9ede8c77a";
+    hash = "sha256-FKRm4bIBhmE4gafg9JeMnpjXbAu4c7l7XIJVbnsRVi8=";
+    rootDir = "mecab-ipadic";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ mecab-nodic ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/mecab/nodic.nix b/pkgs/by-name/me/mecab/nodic.nix
similarity index 62%
rename from pkgs/tools/text/mecab/nodic.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/me/mecab/nodic.nix
index 7dff23c6869a..905536d8270a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/mecab/nodic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/me/mecab/nodic.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
   stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
   libiconv,
 }:
 
 let
-  mecab-base = import ./base.nix { inherit fetchurl libiconv; };
+  mecab-base = import ./base.nix { inherit fetchFromGitHub libiconv; };
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (
   finalAttrs:
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/mecab/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/me/mecab/package.nix
similarity index 79%
rename from pkgs/tools/text/mecab/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/me/mecab/package.nix
index 9cbf246aa615..271e73be5426 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/mecab/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/me/mecab/package.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  mecab-ipadic,
   libiconv,
+  callPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
 }:
 
 let
-  mecab-base = import ./base.nix { inherit fetchurl libiconv; };
+  mecab-base = import ./base.nix { inherit fetchFromGitHub libiconv; };
+  mecab-ipadic = callPackage ./ipadic.nix { };
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (
   finalAttrs:
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b44a41637980..09c334697fe8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3330,16 +3330,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   marimo = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication marimo;
 
-  mecab =
-    let
-      mecab-nodic = callPackage ../tools/text/mecab/nodic.nix { };
-    in
-    callPackage ../tools/text/mecab {
-      mecab-ipadic = callPackage ../tools/text/mecab/ipadic.nix {
-        inherit mecab-nodic;
-      };
-    };
-
   mbutil = python310Packages.callPackage ../applications/misc/mbutil { };
 
   mcstatus = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication mcstatus;