diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/vimpc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/vimpc/default.nix
index 71a07f18e08..25292a4408f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/vimpc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/vimpc/default.nix
@@ -1,34 +1,29 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoconf, automake, mpd_clientlib, ncurses, pcre, pkgconfig, taglib }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, mpd_clientlib, ncurses, pcre, pkgconfig
+, taglib }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "0.09.0";
   name = "vimpc-${version}";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/boysetsfrog/vimpc/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "13eb229a5e9eee491765ee89f7fe6a38140a41a01434b117da3869d725c15706";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "boysetsfrog";
+    repo = "vimpc";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1z9yx2pz84lyng1ig9y4z6pdalwxb80ig7nnzhqfy3pl36hq6shi";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ autoconf
-                  automake
-                  mpd_clientlib
-                  ncurses
-                  pcre
-                  pkgconfig
-                  taglib
-                ];
-
-  preConfigure = "./autogen.sh";
+  buildInputs = [ autoreconfHook mpd_clientlib ncurses pcre pkgconfig taglib ];
 
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p $out/etc
     cp doc/vimpcrc.example $out/etc
   '';
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A vi/vim inspired client for the Music Player Daemon (mpd)";
     homepage = https://github.com/boysetsfrog/vimpc;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ pSub ];
   };
 }