diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig-ultimate/confd.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig-ultimate/confd.nix
index e522cead822..160fef5f07e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig-ultimate/confd.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig-ultimate/confd.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
+let version = "2015-12-06"; in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "fontconfig-ultimate-20141123";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/bohoomil/fontconfig-ultimate/archive/2014-11-23.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0czfm3hxc41x5mscwrba7p1vhm2w62j1qg7z8kfdrf21z8fvgznw";
+  name = "fontconfig-ultimate-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    sha256 = "02a811szxkq4q088nxfpdzp6rv0brvgkdhwigk09qffygxd776g6";
+    rev = version;
+    repo = "fontconfig-ultimate";
+    owner = "bohoomil";
   };
 
   phases = "$prePhases unpackPhase installPhase $postPhases";
+
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/etc/fonts/conf.d
     cp conf.d.infinality/*.conf $out/etc/fonts/conf.d
@@ -22,8 +27,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     rm $out/etc/fonts/conf.d/83-*.conf
 
     # Inclusion of local and user configs handled by global configuration
-    rm $out/etc/fonts/conf.d/97-local.conf
-    rm $out/etc/fonts/conf.d/98-user.conf
+    rm $out/etc/fonts/conf.d/29-local.conf
+    rm $out/etc/fonts/conf.d/28-user.conf
 
     cp fontconfig_patches/fonts-settings/*.conf $out/etc/fonts/conf.d