diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telegram/tdesktop/generic.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telegram/tdesktop/generic.nix
index e8f2c135fa8..d35126a6671 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telegram/tdesktop/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telegram/tdesktop/generic.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stable, version, sha256Hash, archPatchesRevision, archPatchesHash }:
 
-{ mkDerivation, lib, fetchgit, fetchsvn
+{ mkDerivation, lib, fetchFromGitHub, fetchsvn
 , pkgconfig, pythonPackages, cmake, wrapGAppsHook
 , qtbase, qtimageformats, gtk3, libappindicator-gtk3, libnotify, xdg_utils
 , dee, ffmpeg, openalSoft, minizip, libopus, alsaLib, libpulseaudio, range-v3
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   inherit version;
 
   # Telegram-Desktop with submodules
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "git://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "telegramdesktop";
+    repo = "tdesktop";
     rev = "v${version}";
     sha256 = sha256Hash;
     fetchSubmodules = true;