diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/diamond/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/diamond/default.nix
index 4f23f3f9a82c..1221684f15c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/diamond/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/diamond/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, zlib }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, zlib }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "diamond";
   version = "0.8.36";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/bbuchfink/diamond/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "092smzzjcg51n3x4h84k52ijpz9m40ri838j9k2i463ribc3c8rh";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "bbuchfink";
+    repo = "diamond";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-7uqOQOzkYN0RNwKBGUZ/Ny5NVZMoGByOk+GUvjdBzck=";
   };
 
   patches = [