diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/rsstail/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/rsstail/default.nix
index 1cd83cda77a9..af2dbd1a9a4f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/rsstail/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/rsstail/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cppcheck, libmrss, libiconv }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, libmrss, libiconv }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "rsstail";
   version = "2.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    sha256 = "12p69i3g1fwlw0bds9jqsdmzkid3k5a41w31d227i7vm12wcvjf6";
-    rev = "6f2436185372b3f945a4989406c4b6a934fe8a95";
-    repo = "rsstail";
     owner = "folkertvanheusden";
+    repo = "rsstail";
+    rev = "6f2436185372b3f945a4989406c4b6a934fe8a95";
+    sha256 = "12p69i3g1fwlw0bds9jqsdmzkid3k5a41w31d227i7vm12wcvjf6";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ libmrss ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ libiconv ];
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ cppcheck ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace Makefile --replace -liconv_hook ""
@@ -21,7 +20,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   makeFlags = [ "prefix=$(out)" ];
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  doCheck = true;
+  # just runs cppcheck linter
+  doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Monitor RSS feeds for new entries";
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       RSSTail is more or less an RSS reader: it monitors an RSS feed and if it
       detects a new entry it'll emit only that new entry.
     '';
-    homepage = "http://www.vanheusden.com/rsstail/";
+    homepage = "https://www.vanheusden.com/rsstail/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.Necior ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;