diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/yaml2json/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/yaml2json/default.nix
index 77f884b82b6a..543ed7fc3eaf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/yaml2json/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/yaml2json/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
 { lib, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
 
-buildGoPackage {
+buildGoPackage rec {
   pname = "yaml2json";
-  version = "unstable-2017-05-03";
+  version = "1.3";
   goPackagePath = "github.com/bronze1man/yaml2json";
 
-  goDeps = ./deps.nix;
-
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    rev = "ee8196e587313e98831c040c26262693d48c1a0c";
     owner = "bronze1man";
     repo = "yaml2json";
-    sha256 = "16a2sqzbam5adbhfvilnpdabzwncs7kgpr0cn4gp09h2imzsprzw";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0bhjzl4qibiyvn56wcsm85f3vwnlzf4gywy2gq9mrnbrl629amq1";
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/yaml2json/deps.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/yaml2json/deps.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f907520cc872..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/yaml2json/deps.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "gopkg.in/yaml.v2";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://gopkg.in/yaml.v2";
-      rev = "d670f9405373e636a5a2765eea47fac0c9bc91a4";
-      sha256 = "1w1xid51n8v1mydn2m3vgggw8qgpd5a5sr62snsc77d99fpjsrs0";
-    };
-  }
-]