diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/nitrokey-app/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/nitrokey-app/default.nix
index 67e388d5728b..2c5b733964ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/nitrokey-app/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/nitrokey-app/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
-{ stdenv, makeWrapper, bash-completion, cmake, fetchgit, hidapi, libusb1, pkgconfig
+{ stdenv, makeWrapper, bash-completion, cmake, fetchFromGitHub, hidapi, libusb1, pkgconfig
 , qtbase, qttranslations, qtsvg }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "nitrokey-app-${version}";
   version = "1.3.1";
 
-  # We use fetchgit instead of fetchFromGitHub because of necessary git submodules
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "https://github.com/Nitrokey/nitrokey-app.git";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Nitrokey";
+    repo = "nitrokey-app";
     rev = "v${version}";
     sha256 = "0zf2f7g5scqd5xfzvmmpvfc7d1w66rf22av0qv6s37875c61j9r9";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
   postPatch = ''