diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pr/prometheus-cpp/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pr/prometheus-cpp/package.nix
index dda515932f2c..2a0f4a88c5ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pr/prometheus-cpp/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pr/prometheus-cpp/package.nix
@@ -1,46 +1,54 @@
-{ lib
-, stdenv
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, cmake
-, gbenchmark
-, gtest
-, civetweb
-, zlib
-, curl
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  cmake,
+  pkg-config,
+  civetweb,
+  curl,
+  gbenchmark,
+  gtest,
+  zlib,
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "prometheus-cpp";
-  version = "1.1.0";
+  version = "1.3.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "jupp0r";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-qx6oBxd0YrUyFq+7ArnKBqOwrl5X8RS9nErhRDUJ7+8=";
+    repo = "prometheus-cpp";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-XQ8N+affKVqn/hrMHWg0eN+0Op6m9ZdVNNAW0GpDAng=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
-  buildInputs = [ gbenchmark gtest zlib curl ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    curl
+    gbenchmark
+    gtest
+    zlib
+  ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ civetweb ];
   strictDeps = true;
 
   cmakeFlags = [
-    "-DUSE_THIRDPARTY_LIBRARIES=OFF"
     "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
+    "-DOVERRIDE_CXX_STANDARD_FLAGS=OFF"
+    "-DUSE_THIRDPARTY_LIBRARIES=OFF"
   ];
 
-  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    mkdir -p $dev/lib/pkgconfig
-    substituteAll ${./prometheus-cpp.pc.in} $dev/lib/pkgconfig/prometheus-cpp.pc
-  '';
+  outputs = [
+    "out"
+    "dev"
+  ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "Prometheus Client Library for Modern C++";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jupp0r/prometheus-cpp";
     license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
   };
-
-}
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pr/prometheus-cpp/prometheus-cpp.pc.in b/pkgs/by-name/pr/prometheus-cpp/prometheus-cpp.pc.in
deleted file mode 100644
index c373f4153b55..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pr/prometheus-cpp/prometheus-cpp.pc.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-prefix=@out@
-includedir=${prefix}/include
-libdir=${prefix}/lib
-
-Name: prometheus-cpp
-Description: Prometheus Client Library for Modern C++
-URL: https://github.com/jupp0r/prometheus-cpp
-Version: @version@
-Cflags: -isystem${includedir}
-Libs: -Wl,-rpath,${libdir} -L${libdir} -lprometheus-cpp-core -lprometheus-cpp-pull -lprometheus-cpp-push