diff --git a/pkgs/games/nile/default.nix b/pkgs/games/nile/default.nix
index e3bf056fc3cf..deae40acf064 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/nile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/nile/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { lib
-, writeScript
+, unstableGitUpdater
 , buildPythonApplication
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , pythonOlder
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "nile";
-  version = "unstable-2023-10-03";
+  version = "unstable-2023-10-02";
   format = "pyproject";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
@@ -55,30 +55,5 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ aidalgol ];
   };
 
-  # Upstream does not create git tags when bumping the version, so we have to
-  # extract it from the source code on the main branch.
-  passthru.updateScript = writeScript "gogdl-update-script" ''
-    #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-    #!nix-shell -i bash -p curl gnused jq common-updater-scripts
-    set -eou pipefail;
-
-    owner=imLinguin
-    repo=nile
-    path='nile/__init__.py'
-
-    version=$(
-      curl --cacert "${cacert}/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt" \
-      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/$owner/$repo/main/$path |
-      sed -n 's/^\s*version\s*=\s*"\([0-9]\.[0-9]\.[0-9]\)"\s*$/\1/p')
-
-    commit=$(curl --cacert "${cacert}/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt" \
-      https://api.github.com/repos/$owner/$repo/commits?path=$path |
-      jq -r '.[0].sha')
-
-    update-source-version \
-      ${pname} \
-      "$version" \
-      --file=./pkgs/games/nile/default.nix \
-      --rev=$commit
-  '';
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
 }