diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/rambox/bare.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/rambox/bare.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a11e8c0443..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/rambox/bare.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchNodeModules, nodejs-10_x, ruby, sencha
-, auth0ClientID, auth0Domain }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "rambox-bare";
-  version = "0.7.3";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "ramboxapp";
-    repo = "community-edition";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "03pwzyij2i5m23qzhyqdcipixmqj46qbjmq626swwqy03a0p91qv";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ nodejs-10_x ruby sencha ];
-
-  node_modules = fetchNodeModules {
-    inherit src;
-
-    nodejs = nodejs-10_x;
-    sha256 = "05vb0r0q3ckg2g87fsm22j0cbfvk81q5z43zwmrzh3pb3zh54xj1";
-  };
-
-  patches = [ ./isDev.patch ];
-
-  configurePhase = ''
-    echo 'var auth0Cfg = { clientID: "${auth0ClientID}", domain: "${auth0Domain}" };' > env.js
-    ln -s ${node_modules} node_modules
-  '';
-
-  buildPhase = ''
-    mkdir ../rambox-build
-    npm run sencha:compile:build
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mv ../rambox-build/ $out
-
-    # https://github.com/saenzramiro/rambox/issues/1281
-    echo '{"name": "rambox", "version": "${version}", "main": "electron/main.js"}' > $out/package.json
-
-    # https://github.com/saenzramiro/rambox/issues/1282
-    cp --parents ext/packages/ext-locale/build/ext-locale-*.js $out
-
-    # Symbolic link causes `Uncaught Error: Cannot find module 'immutable'`
-    cp -r ${node_modules} $out/node_modules
-  '';
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Messaging and emailing app that combines common web applications into one";
-    homepage = http://rambox.pro;
-    license = licenses.gpl3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ gnidorah ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/rambox/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/rambox/default.nix
index f588c31c183..488da12c18c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/rambox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/rambox/default.nix
@@ -1,52 +1,50 @@
-{ stdenv, newScope, makeWrapper
-, electron, xdg_utils, makeDesktopItem
-, auth0ClientID ? "0spuNKfIGeLAQ_Iki9t3fGxbfJl3k8SU"
-, auth0Domain ? "nixpkgs.auth0.com" }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, xdg_utils, dpkg, makeWrapper, autoPatchelfHook
+, libXtst, libXScrnSaver, gtk3, nss, alsaLib, udev, libnotify
+}:
 
 let
-  callPackage = newScope self;
-  self = {
-    fetchNodeModules = callPackage ./fetchNodeModules.nix {};
-    rambox-bare = callPackage ./bare.nix {
-      inherit auth0ClientID auth0Domain;
+  version = "0.7.3";
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "rambox";
+  inherit version;
+  src = {
+    x86_64-linux = fetchurl {
+      url = "https://github.com/ramboxapp/community-edition/releases/download/${version}/Rambox-${version}-linux-amd64.deb";
+      sha256 = "09v8zlayas906zhqy2aw4wkvyl87ykr09sjf0nmgmf69piwmjgg6";
     };
-    sencha = callPackage ./sencha {};
-  };
-  desktopItem = makeDesktopItem rec {
-    name = "Rambox";
-    exec = "rambox";
-    icon = "${self.rambox-bare}/resources/Icon.png";
-    desktopName = name;
-    genericName = "Rambox messenger";
-    categories = "Network;";
-  };
-in
+    i686-linux = fetchurl {
+      url = "https://github.com/ramboxapp/community-edition/releases/download/${version}/Rambox-${version}-linux-i386.deb";
+      sha256 = "0gv4pf3vhrw4xyccm24ivv92d9qy4zpwsh0m82ib1w764lyxmyrz";
+    };
+  }.${stdenv.system} or (throw "Unsupported system: ${stdenv.system}");
 
-with self;
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ dpkg makeWrapper autoPatchelfHook ];
+  buildInputs = [ libXtst libXScrnSaver gtk3 nss alsaLib ];
+  runtimeDependencies = [ udev.lib libnotify ];
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "rambox-${rambox-bare.version}";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-
-  dontUnpack = true;
-
-  dontWrapGApps = true; # we only want $gappsWrapperArgs here
+  unpackPhase = "dpkg-deb -x $src .";
 
   installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-    mkdir -p $out/share/applications
-    ln -s ${desktopItem}/share/applications/* $out/share/applications
-    runHook postInstall
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp -r opt $out
+    ln -s $out/opt/Rambox/rambox $out/bin
+
+    # provide resources
+    cp -r usr/share $out
+    substituteInPlace $out/share/applications/rambox.desktop \
+      --replace Exec=/opt/Rambox/rambox Exec=rambox
   '';
 
   postFixup = ''
-    makeWrapper ${electron}/bin/electron $out/bin/rambox \
-      --add-flags "${rambox-bare} --without-update" \
-      --prefix PATH : ${xdg_utils}/bin
+    wrapProgram $out/opt/Rambox/rambox --prefix PATH : ${xdg_utils}/bin
   '';
 
-  meta = rambox-bare.meta // {
-    platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Free and Open Source messaging and emailing app that combines common web applications into one";
+    homepage = http://rambox.pro;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.gnidorah ];
+    platforms = ["i686-linux" "x86_64-linux"];
+    hydraPlatforms = [];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/rambox/isDev.patch b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/rambox/isDev.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b918144c766..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/rambox/isDev.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-https://github.com/saenzramiro/rambox/issues/1280
-
-diff -urNZ a/electron/main.js b/electron/main.js
---- a/electron/main.js	2017-11-02 14:58:06.085127616 +0000
-+++ b/electron/main.js	2017-11-02 14:58:18.316887679 +0000
-@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
- // Configuration
- const Config = require('electron-config');
- // Development
--const isDev = require('electron-is-dev');
-+const isDev = false;
- // Updater
- const updater = require('./updater');
- // File System
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/rambox/sencha/bare.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/rambox/sencha/bare.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 30b12963b33..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/rambox/sencha/bare.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, gzip, which, unzip, jdk }:
-
-let
-  version = "6.6.0.13";
-  srcs = {
-    i686-linux = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://cdn.sencha.com/cmd/${version}/no-jre/SenchaCmd-${version}-linux-i386.sh.zip";
-      sha256 = "15b197108b49mf0afpihkh3p68lxm7580zz2w0xsbahglnvhwyfz";
-    };
-    x86_64-linux = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://cdn.sencha.com/cmd/${version}/no-jre/SenchaCmd-${version}-linux-amd64.sh.zip";
-      sha256 = "1cxhckmx1802p9qiw09cgb1v5f30wcvnrwkshmia8p8n0q47lpp4";
-    };
-  };
-in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  inherit version;
-
-  pname = "sencha-bare";
-  src = srcs.${stdenv.hostPlatform.system};
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ gzip which unzip ];
-  buildInputs = [ jdk ];
-
-  sourceRoot = ".";
-
-  configurePhase = ''
-    substituteAll ${./response.varfile} response.varfile
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    ./SenchaCmd*.sh -q -dir $out -varfile response.varfile
-    # disallow sencha writing into /nix/store/repo
-    echo "repo.local.dir=$TMP/repo" >> $out/sencha.cfg
-    rm $out/shell-wrapper.sh $out/Uninstaller
-  '';
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    license = licenses.unfree;
-    platforms = attrNames srcs;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/rambox/sencha/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/rambox/sencha/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4be8edaf9b8..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/rambox/sencha/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, callPackage, makeWrapper }:
-
-let
-  sencha-bare = callPackage ./bare.nix {};
-in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "sencha-${sencha-bare.version}";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-
-  dontUnpack = true;
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    makeWrapper ${sencha-bare}/sencha $out/bin/sencha
-  '';
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/rambox/sencha/response.varfile b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/rambox/sencha/response.varfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ff6f0a30d5..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/rambox/sencha/response.varfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-addToPath$Integer=1
-parentDir=.
-sys.adminRights$Boolean=false
-sys.component.148$Boolean=true
-sys.component.157$Boolean=true
-sys.component.26$Boolean=true
-sys.component.30$Boolean=true
-sys.component.90$Boolean=true
-sys.component.91$Boolean=true
-sys.component.92$Boolean=true
-sys.component.94$Boolean=true
-sys.installationDir=@out@
-sys.languageId=en
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/sourcehut/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/sourcehut/default.nix
index 3fa5399c2b5..f6de0036afe 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/sourcehut/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/sourcehut/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/54425#discussion_r250688781
 
 let
-  fetchNodeModules = callPackage ../../networking/instant-messengers/rambox/fetchNodeModules.nix { };
+  fetchNodeModules = callPackage ./fetchNodeModules.nix { };
 
   python = python37.override {
     packageOverrides = self: super: {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/rambox/fetchNodeModules.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/sourcehut/fetchNodeModules.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/rambox/fetchNodeModules.nix
rename to pkgs/applications/version-management/sourcehut/fetchNodeModules.nix