diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/joker/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/joker/default.nix
index 4ab9427934d..233900cadd0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/joker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/joker/default.nix
@@ -1,27 +1,17 @@
-{ stdenv, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ stdenv, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
-buildGoPackage rec {
+buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "joker";
-  version = "0.12.4";
-
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/candid82/joker";
+  version = "0.12.7";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     rev = "v${version}";
     owner = "candid82";
     repo = "joker";
-    sha256 = "1swi991khmyhxn6w6xsdqp1wbyx3qmd9d7yhpwvqasyxp8gg3szm";
+    sha256 = "0panmhrg1i158xbvqvq3s3217smbj7ynwlaiks18pmss36xx9dk4";
   };
 
-  preBuild = "go generate ./...";
-
-  postBuild = "rm go/bin/sum256dir";
-
-  dontInstallSrc = true;
-
-  excludedPackages = "gen"; # Do not install private generators.
-
-  goDeps = ./deps.nix;
+  modSha256 = "0i16vf7n1xfz5kp9w3fvyc9y9wgz4h396glgpdaznpxjr12rb43j";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://github.com/candid82/joker;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/joker/deps.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/joker/deps.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4eff988796b..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/joker/deps.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/chzyer/readline";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/chzyer/readline";
-      rev = "6a4bc7b4feaeff8feb63f87d5fb2cf3e3610a559";
-      sha256 = "1ny3rws671sa9bj5phg6k1rprlgzys73kfdr14vxq4wnwz84zbrc";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/pkg/profile";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/pkg/profile";
-      rev = "5b67d428864e92711fcbd2f8629456121a56d91f";
-      sha256 = "0blqmvgqvdbqmh3fp9pfdxc9w1qfshrr0zy9whj0sn372bw64qnr";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "gopkg.in/yaml.v2";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://gopkg.in/yaml.v2";
-      rev = "a83829b6f1293c91addabc89d0571c246397bbf4";
-      sha256 = "1m4dsmk90sbi17571h6pld44zxz7jc4lrnl4f27dpd1l8g5xvjhh";
-    };
-  }
-]