diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/co/cockpit/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/co/cockpit/package.nix
index ab73d770dd9b..48bcff3f32a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/co/cockpit/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/co/cockpit/package.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 , makeWrapper
 , nodejs
 , nixosTests
+, nix-update-script
 , openssh
 , openssl
 , pam
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   passthru = {
     tests = { inherit (nixosTests) cockpit; };
-    updateScript = ./update.sh;
+    updateScript = nix-update-script {};
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/co/cockpit/update.sh b/pkgs/by-name/co/cockpit/update.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c1834db9d39c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/co/cockpit/update.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#!nix-shell -i bash -p curl jq common-updater-scripts
-
-set -eu -o pipefail
-
-version="$(curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/cockpit-project/cockpit/releases" | jq '.[0].tag_name' --raw-output)"
-
-update-source-version cockpit "$version"