diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/aspcud/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/aspcud/default.nix
index a50bc311f247..ef1b6a5a4ca5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/aspcud/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/aspcud/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,22 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchzip
-, boost, clasp, cmake, gringo, re2c
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, boost
+, clasp
+, cmake
+, gringo
+, re2c
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "1.9.5";
   pname = "aspcud";
 
-  src = fetchzip {
-    url = "https://github.com/potassco/aspcud/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-d04GPMoz6PMGq6iiul0zT1C9Mljdl9uJJ2C8MIwcmaw=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "potassco";
+    repo = "aspcud";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-d04GPMoz6PMGq6iiul0zT1C9Mljdl9uJJ2C8MIwcmaw=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ccze/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ccze/default.nix
index 348cbb1f529c..874653c7f6c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ccze/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ccze/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, autoconf, ncurses, pcre }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoconf, ncurses, pcre }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "ccze";
   version = "0.2.1-2";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/madhouse/ccze/archive/ccze-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1amavfvyls4v0gnikk43n2rpciaspxifgrmvi99qj6imv3mfg66n";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "madhouse";
+    repo = "ccze";
+    rev = "ccze-${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-LVwmbrq78mZcAEuAqjXTqLE5we83H9mcMPtxQx2Tn/c=";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ autoconf ncurses pcre ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/contacts/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/contacts/default.nix
index 7b652f36a19f..e0b1613735f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/contacts/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/contacts/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, xcbuildHook, Foundation, AddressBook }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, xcbuildHook, Foundation, AddressBook }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   version = "1.1a-3";
   pname = "contacts";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/dhess/contacts/archive/4092a3c6615d7a22852a3bafc44e4aeeb698aa8f.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0wdqc1ndgrdhqapvvgx5xihc750szv08lp91x4l6n0gh59cpxpg3";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "dhess";
+    repo = "contacts";
+    rev = "4092a3c6615d7a22852a3bafc44e4aeeb698aa8f";
+    hash = "sha256-Li/c5uf9rfpuU+hduuSm7EmhVwIIkS72dqzmN+0cE3A=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ xcbuildHook ];
@@ -19,10 +21,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Access contacts from the Mac address book from command-line";
-    homepage    = "http://www.gnufoo.org/contacts/contacts.html";
-    license     = licenses.gpl2;
+    homepage = "http://www.gnufoo.org/contacts/contacts.html";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ jwiegley ];
-    platforms   = lib.platforms.darwin;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.darwin;
     hydraPlatforms = lib.platforms.darwin;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/profile-sync-daemon/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/profile-sync-daemon/default.nix
index d0bd0c76a839..c14d3b07a37c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/profile-sync-daemon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/profile-sync-daemon/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, util-linux, coreutils}:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, util-linux, coreutils }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "6.44";
   pname = "profile-sync-daemon";
+  version = "6.44";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/graysky2/profile-sync-daemon/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-+iQr7T99X/jYYgq0xNHLPCJG5mZU/6dN76Z1FB51Z54=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "graysky2";
+    repo = "profile-sync-daemon";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-7sEC2b4mzgbDTFgpH5abZ/kiwEmGdbKkTLiD73Efdls=";
   };
 
   installPhase = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/sdate/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/sdate/default.nix
index 69c9d726713b..899d3259b261 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/sdate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/sdate/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "sdate";
   version = "0.7";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/ChristophBerg/sdate/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1lfnsb8prac8rspnxcawd138jyhyivwf35rrmfvwq6dhsx23c6vy";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ChristophBerg";
+    repo = "sdate";
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-jkwe+bSBa0p1Xzfetsdpw0RYw/gSRxnY2jBOzC5HtJ8=";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/tio/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/tio/default.nix
index a25b821c7e3d..9b8e76f10c43 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/tio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/tio/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchzip, autoreconfHook }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "tio";
   version = "1.32";
 
-  src = fetchzip {
-    url = "https://github.com/tio/tio/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0lwqdm73kshi9qs8pks1b4by6yb9jf3bbyw3bv52xmggnr5s1hcv";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "tio";
+    repo = "tio";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-m8GgS7bv1S7KXoP7tYaTaXnjF1lBz4s0ThHqOU5tmFM=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/txt2man/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/txt2man/default.nix
index 27ff219a6e13..b522665e34fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/txt2man/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/txt2man/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, coreutils, gawk }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, coreutils, gawk }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "txt2man";
   version = "1.7.1";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/mvertes/txt2man/archive/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0ka3krmblsprv0v6h6wnm8lv08w30z0ynfnbwns6alks5gx1p6sd";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mvertes";
+    repo = "txt2man";
+    rev = "${pname}-${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-Aqi5PNNaaM/tr9A/7vKeafYKYIs/kHbwHzE7+R/9r9s=";
   };
 
   preConfigure = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/xtitle/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/xtitle/default.nix
index 2820958443ed..975b24103d59 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/xtitle/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/xtitle/default.nix
@@ -1,24 +1,25 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, libxcb, xcbutil, xcbutilwm, git }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, libxcb, xcbutil, xcbutilwm, git }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-   pname = "xtitle";
-   version = "0.4.4";
+  pname = "xtitle";
+  version = "0.4.4";
 
-   src = fetchurl {
-     url = "https://github.com/baskerville/xtitle/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
-     sha256 = "0w490a6ki90si1ri48jzhma473a598l1b12j8dp4ckici41z9yy2";
-   };
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "baskerville";
+    repo = "xtitle";
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-SVfM2vCCacgchXj0c0sPk3VR6DUI4R0ofFnxJSY4oDg=";
+  };
 
+  buildInputs = [ libxcb git xcbutil xcbutilwm ];
 
-   buildInputs = [ libxcb git xcbutil xcbutilwm ];
+  prePatch = ''sed -i "s@/usr/local@$out@" Makefile'';
 
-   prePatch = ''sed -i "s@/usr/local@$out@" Makefile'';
-
-   meta = {
-     description = "Outputs X window titles";
-     homepage = "https://github.com/baskerville/xtitle";
-     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.meisternu ];
-     license = "Custom";
-     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-   };
+  meta = {
+    description = "Outputs X window titles";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/baskerville/xtitle";
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.meisternu ];
+    license = "Custom";
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
 }