diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libvisual/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libvisual/package.nix
index 12fae974312b..407d10fb3f7a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libvisual/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libvisual/package.nix
@@ -1,51 +1,35 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
-, fetchurl
+, fetchFromGitHub
 , fetchpatch
 , SDL
 , autoreconfHook
+, autoconf-archive
 , glib
 , pkg-config
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libvisual";
-  version = "0.4.1";
+  version = "0.4.2";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/libvisual/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    hash = "sha256-qhKHdBf3bTZC2fTHIzAjgNgzF1Y51jpVZB0Bkopd230=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Libvisual";
+    repo = "libvisual";
+    rev = "libvisual-${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-bDnpQODXB2Z6hezVoh7c6cklp6qpyDzVBAnwZD8Gros=";
   };
 
+  sourceRoot = "${src.name}/libvisual";
+
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
-  patches = [
-    # pull upstream fix for SDL1 cross-compilation.
-    #   https://github.com/Libvisual/libvisual/pull/238
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "sdl-cross-prereq.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/Libvisual/libvisual/commit/7902d24aa1a552619a5738339b3823e90dd3b865.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-84u8klHDAw/q4d+9L4ROAr7XsbXItHrhaEKkTEMSPcc=";
-      # remove extra libvisual prefix
-      stripLen = 1;
-      # pull in only useful configure.ac changes.
-      excludes = [ "Makefile.am" ];
-    })
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "sdl-cross-pc.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/Libvisual/libvisual/commit/f79a2e8d21ad1d7fe26e2aa83cea4c9f48f9e392.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-8c7SdLxXC8K9BAwj7DzozsZAcbs5l1xuBqky9LJ1MfM=";
-      # remove extra libvisual prefix
-      stripLen = 1;
-    })
-  ];
-
   strictDeps = true;
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook autoconf-archive pkg-config ];
   buildInputs = [ SDL glib ];
 
   configureFlags = lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform) [
-    # Remove once "sdl-cross-prereq.patch" patch above is removed.
+    # Remove when 0.5.x is published.
     "--disable-lv-tool"
   ] ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform) [
     "ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=yes"