diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyside/tools.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyside/tools.nix
index e23e63525183..6c2b357c5668 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyside/tools.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyside/tools.nix
@@ -1,29 +1,28 @@
-{ lib, fetchurl, cmake, pyside, qt4, pysideShiboken, buildPythonPackage }:
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, qt4, pyside, pysideShiboken }:
 
-# This derivation provides a Python module and should therefore be called via `python-packages.nix`.
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pyside-tools";
   version = "0.2.15";
   format = "other";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/PySide/Tools/archive/0.2.15.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0x4z3aq7jgar74gxzwznl3agla9i1dcskw5gh11jnnwwn63ffzwa";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "PySide";
+    repo = "Tools";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "017i2yxgjrisaifxqnl3ym8ijl63l2yl6a3474dsqhlyqz2nx2ll";
   };
 
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
   buildInputs = [ qt4 ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyside pysideShiboken ];
 
-  meta = {
-    description = "Tools for pyside, the LGPL-licensed Python bindings for the Qt cross-platform application and UI framework";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
-    homepage = http://www.pyside.org;
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Development tools (pyside-uic/rcc/lupdate) for PySide, the LGPL-licensed Python bindings for the Qt framework";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    homepage = https://wiki.qt.io/PySide;
     maintainers = [ ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
   };
 }