diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/gosmore/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/go/gosmore/package.nix
similarity index 53%
rename from pkgs/applications/misc/gosmore/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/go/gosmore/package.nix
index bd87e7b4aeb6..2bc778ff9cb2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/gosmore/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/go/gosmore/package.nix
@@ -1,24 +1,26 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchsvn, libxml2, gtk2, curl, pkg-config } :
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, libxml2, gtk2, curl, pkg-config }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gosmore";
-  version = "31801";
-  # the gosmore svn repository does not lock revision numbers of its externals
-  # so we explicitly disable them to avoid breaking the hash
-  # especially as the externals appear to be unused
-  src = fetchsvn {
-    url = "http://svn.openstreetmap.org/applications/rendering/gosmore";
-    sha256 = "0qsckpqx7i7f8gkqhkzdamr65250afk1rpnh3nbman35kdv3dsxi";
-    rev = version;
-    ignoreExternals = true;
+  version = "unstable-2014-03-17";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "openstreetmap";
+    repo = "svn-archive";
+    rev = "89b1fbfbc9e9a8b5e78795fd40bdfa60550322fc";
+    sparseCheckout = [ "applications/rendering/gosmore" ];
+    hash = "sha256-MfuJVsyGWspGNAFD6Ktbbyawb4bPwUITe7WkyFs6JxI=";
   };
 
+  sourceRoot = "${src.name}/applications/rendering/gosmore";
+
   buildInputs = [ libxml2 gtk2 curl ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
 
   prePatch = ''
     sed -e '/curl.types.h/d' -i *.{c,h,hpp,cpp}
+    sed -e "24i #include <ctime>" -e "s/data/dat/g" -i jni/libgosm.cpp
   '';
 
   patches = [ ./pointer_int_comparison.patch ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/gosmore/pointer_int_comparison.patch b/pkgs/by-name/go/gosmore/pointer_int_comparison.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/misc/gosmore/pointer_int_comparison.patch
rename to pkgs/by-name/go/gosmore/pointer_int_comparison.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bce80d5ea35b..7c8fcb545f00 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -32304,8 +32304,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   gostatic = callPackage ../applications/misc/gostatic { };
 
-  gosmore = callPackage ../applications/misc/gosmore { stdenv = gcc10StdenvCompat; };
-
   gossa = callPackage ../applications/networking/gossa { };
 
   gpsbabel = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/misc/gpsbabel { };