diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 985ab3ae6be..85898169729 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -551,13 +551,13 @@ in {
   };
 
   afew = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    rev = "b19a88fa1c06cc03ed6c636475cf4361b616d128";
-    name = "afew-git-2016-02-29";
+    name = "afew-git-2017-02-08";
 
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "https://github.com/teythoon/afew/tarball/${rev}";
-      name = "${name}.tar.bz";
-      sha256 = "0idlyrk29bmjw3w74vn0c1a6s59phx9zhzghf2cpyqf9qdhxib8k";
+    src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "afewmail";
+      repo = "afew";
+      rev = "889a3b966835c4d16aa1f24bb89f12945b9b2a67";
+      sha256 = "01gwrx1m3ka13ps3vj04a3y8llli2j2vkd3gcggcvxdphhpysckm";
     };
 
     buildInputs = with self; [ pkgs.dbacl ];