diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/clib/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/clib/default.nix
index ae1213aee7c..c1f76bca14b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/clib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/clib/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchzip, curl  }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, curl  }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.4.2";
+  version = "1.7.0";
   name = "clib-${version}";
 
-  src = fetchzip {
-    url = "https://github.com/clibs/clib/archive/${version}.zip";
-    sha256 = "0hbi5hf4w0iim96h89j7krxv61x92ffxjbldxp3zk92m5sgpldnm";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    rev    = version;
+    owner  = "clibs";
+    repo   = "clib";
+    sha256 = "08n2i3dyh5vnrb74a6wlqqn67c9nwkq0v0v651zzha495mqbciq7";
   };
 
   makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";