diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/scantailor/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/scantailor/default.nix
index a0e52ab5d303..3e2037f6d45d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/scantailor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/scantailor/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, qt4, cmake, libjpeg, libtiff, boost }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, qt4, cmake, libjpeg, libtiff, boost }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "scantailor";
   version = "0.9.12.1";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/scantailor/scantailor/archive/RELEASE_${lib.replaceStrings ["."] ["_"] version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1pjx3a6hs16az6rki59bchy3biy7jndjx8r125q01aq7lbf5npgg";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "scantailor";
+    repo = "scantailor";
+    rev = "RELEASE_${lib.replaceStrings ["."] ["_"] version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-Jn8+X737vwaE0ZPYdQv/1SocmWFA74XL90IW8yNiafA=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];