diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitea/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitea/default.nix
index c9af0c8f1f02..c82951768cc6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitea/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitea/default.nix
@@ -14,21 +14,14 @@
 
 buildGoPackage rec {
   pname = "gitea";
-  version = "1.16.9";
+  version = "1.17.0";
 
   # not fetching directly from the git repo, because that lacks several vendor files for the web UI
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/download/v${version}/gitea-src-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-LxPYUSyRSfDlGwCC2IFPEISP4wsRJsUbwi9F7sxbMOE=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-oBbAg2xQ58dLBCjhcKMoUf32ckoFfnFQHL3z3pAKW1Y=";
   };
 
-  unpackPhase = ''
-    mkdir source/
-    tar xvf $src -C source/
-  '';
-
-  sourceRoot = "source";
-
   patches = [
     ./static-root-path.patch
   ];