diff --git a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/clightning.nix b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/clightning.nix
index 6ae6ae7801f2..38b49fcb1c33 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/clightning.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/clightning.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
 { stdenv, python3, pkgconfig, which, libtool, autoconf, automake,
-  autogen, sqlite, gmp, zlib, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch }:
+  autogen, sqlite, gmp, zlib, fetchzip }:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "clightning-${version}";
-  version = "0.6.2";
+  version = "0.6.3";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    fetchSubmodules = true;
-    owner = "ElementsProject";
-    repo = "lightning";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "18yns0yyf7kc4p4n1crxdqh37j9faxkx216nh2ip7cxj4x8bf9gx";
+  src = fetchzip {
+    #
+    # NOTE 0.6.3 release zip was bugged, this zip is a fix provided by the team
+    # https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/issues/2254#issuecomment-453791475
+    #
+    # replace url with:
+    #   https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/download/v${version}/clightning-v${version}.zip
+    # for future relases
+    #
+    url = "https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/files/2752675/clightning-v0.6.3.zip";
+    sha256 = "0k5pwimwn69pcakiq4a7qnjyf4i8w1jlacwrjazm1sfivr6nfiv6";
   };
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
@@ -19,21 +24,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf autogen automake libtool pkgconfig which ];
   buildInputs = [ sqlite gmp zlib python3 ];
 
-  makeFlags = [ "prefix=$(out)" ];
+  makeFlags = [ "prefix=$(out) VERSION=v${version}" ];
 
   configurePhase = ''
     ./configure --prefix=$out --disable-developer --disable-valgrind
   '';
 
-  # NOTE: remove me in 0.6.3
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "clightning_0_6_2-compile-error.patch";
-      url = https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/2070.patch;
-      sha256 = "1576fqik5zcpz5zsvp2ks939bgiz0jc22yf24iv61000dd5j6na9";
-    })
-  ];
-
   postPatch = ''
     echo "" > tools/refresh-submodules.sh
     patchShebangs tools/generate-wire.py