diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/jq/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/jq/default.nix
index 2951cbe9aa93..d79aa0980003 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/jq/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/jq/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version="1.5";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url="https://github.com/stedolan/jq/releases/download/jq-1.5/jq-1.5.tar.gz";
+    url="https://github.com/stedolan/jq/releases/download/jq-${version}/jq-${version}.tar.gz";
     sha256="0g29kyz4ykasdcrb0zmbrp2jqs9kv1wz9swx849i2d1ncknbzln4";
   };
 
@@ -35,5 +35,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ raskin ];
     platforms = with lib.platforms; linux ++ darwin;
+    downloadPage = "http://stedolan.github.io/jq/download/";
+    updateWalker = true;
+    inherit version;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/jq/default.upstream b/pkgs/development/tools/jq/default.upstream
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ad914d717e0..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/jq/default.upstream
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-url http://stedolan.github.io/jq/download/