diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rtv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/rtv/default.nix
index a94308a65ad..d190ed706c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/rtv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/rtv/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgs, python, pythonPackages }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkgs, python, pythonPackages }:
 
 pythonPackages.buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "1.4";
   name = "rtv-${version}";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/michael-lazar/rtv/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0qi45was70p3z15pnh25hkbliya440jldlzmpasqvbdy9zdgpv0w";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "michael-lazar";
+    repo = "rtv";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "071p7idprknpra6mrdjjka8lrr80ykag62rhbsaf6zcz1d9p55cp";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with pythonPackages; [