diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/gitrepotoname.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/gitrepotoname.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 90005b545692..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/gitrepotoname.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{ lib }:
-
-let
-  inherit (lib) removeSuffix hasPrefix removePrefix splitString stringToCharacters concatMapStrings last elem;
-
-  allowedChars = stringToCharacters "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789+-._?=";
-  sanitizeStoreName = s:
-    let
-      s' = concatMapStrings (c: if elem c allowedChars then c else "") (stringToCharacters s);
-      s'' = if hasPrefix "." s' then "_${removePrefix "." s'}" else s';
-    in
-      s'';
-in
-  urlOrRepo: rev:
-    let
-      repo' = last (splitString ":" (baseNameOf (removeSuffix ".git" (removeSuffix "/" urlOrRepo))));
-      rev' = baseNameOf rev;
-    in
-     "${sanitizeStoreName repo'}-${sanitizeStoreName rev'}-src"
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchzip/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchzip/default.nix
index 751dba56930e..4a5381d71f20 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchzip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchzip/default.nix
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@
   stripRoot ? true
 , url
 , extraPostFetch ? ""
+, name ? "source"
 , ... } @ args:
 
 lib.overrideDerivation (fetchurl ({
-  name = args.name or (baseNameOf url);
+  inherit name;
 
   recursiveHash = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 69f1dfc88a41..7295ce09c239 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -195,10 +195,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   fetchzip = callPackage ../build-support/fetchzip { };
 
-  gitRepoToName = callPackage ../build-support/fetchgit/gitrepotoname.nix { };
-
   fetchFromGitHub = {
-    owner, repo, rev, name ? gitRepoToName repo rev,
+    owner, repo, rev, name ? "source",
     fetchSubmodules ? false, private ? false,
     githubBase ? "github.com", varPrefix ? null,
     ... # For hash agility
@@ -231,7 +229,7 @@ with pkgs;
   in fetcher fetcherArgs // { meta.homepage = baseUrl; inherit rev; };
 
   fetchFromBitbucket = {
-    owner, repo, rev, name ? gitRepoToName repo rev,
+    owner, repo, rev, name ? "source",
     ... # For hash agility
   }@args: fetchzip ({
     inherit name;
@@ -242,7 +240,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   # cgit example, snapshot support is optional in cgit
   fetchFromSavannah = {
-    repo, rev, name ? gitRepoToName repo rev,
+    repo, rev, name ? "source",
     ... # For hash agility
   }@args: fetchzip ({
     inherit name;
@@ -252,7 +250,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   # gitlab example
   fetchFromGitLab = {
-    owner, repo, rev, name ? gitRepoToName repo rev,
+    owner, repo, rev, name ? "source",
     ... # For hash agility
   }@args: fetchzip ({
     inherit name;
@@ -262,7 +260,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   # gitweb example, snapshot support is optional in gitweb
   fetchFromRepoOrCz = {
-    repo, rev, name ? gitRepoToName repo rev,
+    repo, rev, name ? "source",
     ... # For hash agility
   }@args: fetchzip ({
     inherit name;