diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/zanshin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/zanshin/default.nix
index 2130e64a2a3..f8785616c5e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/zanshin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/zanshin/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   mkDerivation, lib,
-  fetchurl, fetchpatch,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
   extra-cmake-modules,
   qtbase, boost,
   akonadi-calendar, akonadi-notes, akonadi-search, kidentitymanagement, kontactinterface, kldap,
@@ -9,22 +9,16 @@
 
 mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "zanshin";
-  version = "0.4.1";
+  version = "2017-11-25";
   name = "${pname}-${version}";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://files.kde.org/${pname}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1llqm4w4mhmdirgrmbgwrpqyn47phwggjdghf164k3qw0bi806as";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "KDE";
+    repo = "zanshin";
+    rev = "3df91dd81682d2ccfe542c4582dc1d5f98537c89";
+    sha256 = "18wx7bdqzp81xmwi266gphh2lfbcp5s0fzyp654gki40yhkqph6m";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "zanshin-fix-qt59-build.patch";
-      url = "https://phabricator.kde.org/R4:77ad64872f69ad9f7abe3aa8e103a12b95e100a4?diff=1";
-      sha256 = "0p497gqd3jmhbmqzh46zp6zwf6j1q77a9jp0in49xhgc2kj5ar7x";
-    })
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     extra-cmake-modules
   ];