diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/ghcjs-base.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/ghcjs-base.nix
index 17fec9fea0ae..b0c604a4aeac 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/ghcjs-base.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/ghcjs-base.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { mkDerivation, aeson, array, attoparsec, base, binary, bytestring
-, containers, deepseq, directory, dlist, fetchgit, ghc-prim
+, containers, deepseq, directory, dlist, fetchFromGitHub, ghc-prim
 , ghcjs-prim, hashable, HUnit, integer-gmp, primitive, QuickCheck
 , quickcheck-unicode, random, scientific, test-framework
 , test-framework-hunit, test-framework-quickcheck2, text, time
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@
 mkDerivation {
   pname = "ghcjs-base";
   version = "0.2.0.3";
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "https://github.com/ghcjs/ghcjs-base";
-    sha256 = "15fdkjv0l7hpbbsn5238xxgzfdg61g666nzbv2sgxkwryn5rycv0";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ghcjs";
+    repo = "ghcjs-base";
     rev = "85e31beab9beffc3ea91b954b61a5d04e708b8f2";
+    sha256 = "sha256-YDOfi/WZz/602OtbY8wL5jX3X+9oiGL1WhceCraczZU=";
   };
   libraryHaskellDepends = [
     aeson attoparsec base binary bytestring containers deepseq dlist