diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/soulseekqt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/soulseekqt/default.nix
index b52320c9681..a5e8d85f128 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/soulseekqt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/soulseekqt/default.nix
@@ -1,59 +1,57 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, mkDerivation
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchzip, mkDerivation
+, appimageTools
 , autoPatchelfHook
-, dbus
 , desktop-file-utils
-, fontconfig
-, libjson
-, pythonPackages
+, imagemagick
 , qtmultimedia
-, squashfsTools
-, zlib
 }:
 
 mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "soulseekqt";
   version = "2018-1-30";
+  name="${pname}-${version}";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-      urls = [
-        "https://www.dropbox.com/s/0vi87eef3ooh7iy/SoulseekQt-${version}.tgz"
-        "https://www.slsknet.org/SoulseekQt/Linux/SoulseekQt-${version}-64bit-appimage.tgz"
-      ];
-      sha256 = "0d1cayxr1a4j19bc5a3qp9pg22ggzmd55b6f5av3lc6lvwqqg4w6";
-    };
+  src = fetchzip {
+      url = "https://www.slsknet.org/SoulseekQt/Linux/SoulseekQt-${version}-64bit-appimage.tgz";
+      sha256 = "16ncnvv8h33f161mgy7qc0wjvvqahsbwvby65qhgfh9pbbgb4xgg";
+  };
+
+  appextracted = appimageTools.extractType2 {
+    inherit name;
+    src="${src}/SoulseekQt-2018-1-30-64bit.AppImage";
+  };
 
   dontBuild = true;
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoPatchelfHook pythonPackages.binwalk squashfsTools desktop-file-utils ];
+  dontConfigure = true;
+  
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ imagemagick autoPatchelfHook desktop-file-utils ];
   buildInputs = [ qtmultimedia stdenv.cc.cc ];
 
-  # avoid usage of appimage's runner option --appimage-extract
-  unpackCmd = ''
-    export HOME=$(pwd) # workaround for binwalk
-    appimage=$(tar xvf $curSrc) && binwalk --quiet \
-       $appimage -D 'squashfs:squashfs:unsquashfs %e'
-    '';
-
-  patchPhase = ''
-    cd squashfs-root/
-    binary="$(readlink AppRun)"
-
-    # fixup desktop file
-    desktop-file-edit --set-key Exec --set-value $binary default.desktop
-    desktop-file-edit --set-key Comment --set-value "${meta.description}" default.desktop
-    desktop-file-edit --set-key Categories --set-value Network default.desktop
-  '';
-
   installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/{bin,share/applications,share/icons/}
-    cp default.desktop $out/share/applications/$binary.desktop
-    cp soulseek.png $out/share/icons/
-    cp $binary $out/bin/
-  '';
+      # directory in /nix/store so readonly
+      cd $appextracted
+
+      binary="$(readlink AppRun)"
+      install -Dm755 $binary -t $out/bin
+
+      # fixup and install desktop file
+      desktop-file-install --dir $out/share/applications \
+        --set-key Exec --set-value $binary \
+        --set-key Comment --set-value "${meta.description}" \
+        --set-key Categories --set-value Network default.desktop
+      mv $out/share/applications/default.desktop $out/share/applications/SoulseekQt.desktop
+
+      #TODO: write generic code to read icon path from $binary.desktop
+      icon="$(readlink .DirIcon)"
+      for size in 16 32 48 64 72 96 128 192 256 512 1024; do
+        mkdir -p $out/share/icons/hicolor/"$size"x"$size"/apps
+        convert -resize "$size"x"$size" $icon $out/share/icons/hicolor/"$size"x"$size"/apps/$icon
+      done
+    '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Official Qt SoulSeek client";
-    homepage = http://www.soulseekqt.net;
+    homepage = https://www.slsknet.org;
     license = licenses.unfree;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.genesis ];
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];