diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycangjie/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycangjie/default.nix
index 1f7ccde2576b..5896de49eeb7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycangjie/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycangjie/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,32 @@
-{ lib, fetchurl, bash, autoconf, automake, libtool, pkg-config, libcangjie
-, sqlite, buildPythonPackage, cython
+{ lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, bash
+, autoconf
+, automake
+, libtool
+, pkg-config
+, libcangjie
+, sqlite
+, buildPythonPackage
+, cython
 }:
 
 let
   rev = "361bb413203fd43bab624d98edf6f7d20ce6bfd3";
-in buildPythonPackage {
+in
+buildPythonPackage {
   pname = "pycangjie";
   version = "1.3_rev_${rev}";
   format = "other";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/Cangjians/pycangjie/archive/${rev}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "12yi09nyffmn4va7lzk4irw349qzlbxgsnb89dh15cnw0xmrin05";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Cangjians";
+    repo = "pycangjie";
+    inherit rev;
+    sha256 = "sha256-sS0Demzm89WtEIN4Efz0OTsUQ/c3gIX+/koekQGOca4=";
   };
 
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config libtool autoconf automake cython ];
   buildInputs = [ libcangjie sqlite ];