diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/qutebrowser/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/qutebrowser/default.nix
index 8b7dfc860275..5e44bb8cbef6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/qutebrowser/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/qutebrowser/default.nix
@@ -10,20 +10,14 @@
 assert withMediaPlayback -> gst_all_1 != null;
 
 let
-  pdfjs = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-    name = "pdfjs-${version}";
+  pdfjs = let
     version = "1.10.100";
-
-    src = fetchzip {
-      url = "https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/releases/download/${version}/${name}-dist.zip";
-      sha256 = "04df4cf6i6chnggfjn6m1z9vb89f01a0l9fj5rk21yr9iirq9rkq";
-      stripRoot = false;
-    };
-
-    buildCommand = ''
-      mkdir $out
-      cp -r $src $out
-    '';
+  in
+  fetchzip rec {
+    name = "pdfjs-${version}";
+    url = "https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/releases/download/v${version}/${name}-dist.zip";
+    sha256 = "04df4cf6i6chnggfjn6m1z9vb89f01a0l9fj5rk21yr9iirq9rkq";
+    stripRoot = false;
   };
 
 in python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {