diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nextcloud/packages/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/nextcloud/packages/default.nix
index 9c12619968af..8af2e2f5833b 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nextcloud/packages/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nextcloud/packages/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ let packages = self:
         appName = pname;
         appVersion = data.version;
         license = appBaseDefs.${pname};
-        inherit (data) url sha256 description homepage;
+        inherit (data) url hash description homepage;
       }) {};
 
   } // lib.mapAttrs (type: pkgs:
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nextcloud/packages/generate.sh b/pkgs/servers/nextcloud/packages/generate.sh
index b97673a54eee..e2e6093652fe 100755
--- a/pkgs/servers/nextcloud/packages/generate.sh
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nextcloud/packages/generate.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#! nix-shell -I nixpkgs=../../../.. -i bash -p nc4nix jq
+#! nix-shell -I nixpkgs=../../../.. -i bash -p jq gnused curl
 
 set -e
 set -u
@@ -8,7 +8,55 @@ set -x
 
 export NEXTCLOUD_VERSIONS=$(nix-instantiate --eval -E 'import ./nc-versions.nix {}' -A e)
 
-APPS=`cat nextcloud-apps.json | jq -r 'keys|.[]' | sed -z 's/\n/,/g;s/,$/\n/'`
+APPS=$(jq -r 'keys|.[]' nextcloud-apps.json | sed -z 's/\n/,/g;s/,$/\n/')
 
-nc4nix -apps $APPS
-rm *.log
+for v in ${NEXTCLOUD_VERSIONS//,/ }; do
+    # Get major version and back up previous major version apps file
+    v=$(sed -e 's/^"//' -e 's/"$//' <<<"$v")
+    MAJOR=${v%.*.*}
+    MAJOR_FILE="$MAJOR".json
+    mv "$MAJOR_FILE" "$MAJOR_FILE".bak
+
+    # Download current apps file from Nextcloud's official servers
+    APPS_PER_VERSION=${v}.json
+    curl "https://apps.nextcloud.com/api/v1/platform/${v}/apps.json" -o "$APPS_PER_VERSION"
+
+    # Add a starting bracket to the apps file for this version
+    echo '{' >"$MAJOR_FILE".tmp
+    for a in ${APPS//,/ }; do
+        echo "Fetching $a"
+        # Ensure the app exists in the file
+        if [ "$(jq -r ".[] | select(.id == \"${a}\")" "$APPS_PER_VERSION")" != "" ]; then
+            # Get all of our variables
+            VERSION=$(jq -r ".[] | select(.id == \"${a}\") | .releases[0].version" "$APPS_PER_VERSION")
+            URL=$(jq -r ".[] | select(.id == \"${a}\") | .releases[0].download" "$APPS_PER_VERSION")
+            HASH=$(nix store prefetch-file --json --hash-type sha256 --unpack "$URL" | jq -r .hash)
+            HOMEPAGE=$(jq -r ".[] | select(.id == \"${a}\") | .website" "$APPS_PER_VERSION")
+            DESCRIPTION=$(jq ".[] | select(.id == \"${a}\") | .translations.en.description" "$APPS_PER_VERSION")
+            # Add all variables to the file
+            cat >>"$MAJOR_FILE".tmp <<EOF
+"${a}": {
+"hash": "$HASH",
+"url": "$URL",
+"version": "$VERSION",
+"description": $DESCRIPTION,
+"homepage": "$HOMEPAGE"
+},
+EOF
+
+        # If we can't find the app, then don't try to process it.
+        else
+            true
+        fi
+    done
+    # clean up by removing last trailing comma
+    sed -i '$s/,$//' "$MAJOR_FILE".tmp
+    # Add final closing bracket
+    echo '}' >>"$MAJOR_FILE".tmp
+    # Beautify file
+    jq '.' "$MAJOR_FILE".tmp >"$MAJOR_FILE"
+    # Remove the temporary files
+    rm "$APPS_PER_VERSION"
+    rm "$MAJOR_FILE".tmp
+    rm "$MAJOR_FILE".bak
+done