diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/sublime/3/common.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/sublime/3/common.nix
index 2daa551ebae..8e52237d949 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/sublime/3/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/sublime/3/common.nix
@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ let
   primaryBinary = "sublime_text";
   primaryBinaryAliases = [ "subl" "sublime" "sublime3" ];
   downloadUrl = "https://download.sublimetext.com/sublime_text_3_build_${buildVersion}_${arch}.tar.bz2";
-  downloadArchiveType = "tar.bz2";
   versionUrl = "https://www.sublimetext.com/${if dev then "3dev" else "3"}";
-  versionFile = "pkgs/applications/editors/sublime/3/packages.nix";
+  versionFile = builtins.toString ./packages.nix;
   archSha256 =
     if stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "i686-linux" then
       x32sha256
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ in let
     version = buildVersion;
 
     src = fetchurl {
-      name = "${pname}-bin-${buildVersion}.${downloadArchiveType}";
       url = downloadUrl;
       sha256 = archSha256;
     };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/sublime-merge/common.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/sublime-merge/common.nix
index 67be180e08c..f69fdbefe18 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/sublime-merge/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/sublime-merge/common.nix
@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@ let
   primaryBinary = "sublime_merge";
   primaryBinaryAliases = [ "smerge" ];
   downloadUrl = "https://download.sublimetext.com/sublime_merge_build_${buildVersion}_${arch}.tar.xz";
-  downloadArchiveType = "tar.xz";
   versionUrl = "https://www.sublimemerge.com/${if dev then "dev" else "download"}";
-  versionFile = "pkgs/applications/version-management/sublime-merge/default.nix";
+  versionFile = builtins.toString ./default.nix;
   archSha256 = sha256;
   arch = "x64";
 
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ in let
     version = buildVersion;
 
     src = fetchurl {
-      name = "${pname}-bin-${buildVersion}.${downloadArchiveType}";
       url = downloadUrl;
       sha256 = archSha256;
     };