diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/systemd-journal2gelf/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/systemd-journal2gelf/default.nix
index 43925411af95..59df5ee90a4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/systemd-journal2gelf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/systemd-journal2gelf/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     sha256 = "012fmnb44681dgz21n1dlb6vh923bpk5lkqir1q40kfz6pacq64n";
   };
 
-  goDeps = ./deps.json;
+  goDeps = ./deps.nix;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Export entries from systemd's journal and send them to a graylog server using gelf";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/systemd-journal2gelf/deps.json b/pkgs/tools/system/systemd-journal2gelf/deps.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ce661d1d9860..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/systemd-journal2gelf/deps.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    "goPackagePath": "github.com/DECK36/go-gelf",
-    "fetch": {
-      "type": "git",
-      "url": "https://github.com/DECK36/go-gelf",
-      "rev": "4bc6123df0946a1c23fd54e0c1d0ed68b44fd99f",
-      "sha256": "071zdwcl8ld05gv88yym1p7xq72igd6jj05n5d7v01hn6rvj48ay"
-    }
-  }
-]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/systemd-journal2gelf/deps.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/systemd-journal2gelf/deps.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2e0988e81054
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/systemd-journal2gelf/deps.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[
+{
+  goPackagePath = "github.com/DECK36/go-gelf";
+  fetch = {
+    type = "git";
+    url = "https://github.com/DECK36/go-gelf";
+    rev = "4bc6123df0946a1c23fd54e0c1d0ed68b44fd99f";
+    sha256 = "071zdwcl8ld05gv88yym1p7xq72igd6jj05n5d7v01hn6rvj48ay";
+  };
+}
+]