diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/dina-pcf/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/dina-pcf/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index eff0c579a707..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/dina-pcf/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, bdftopcf, mkfontdir, mkfontscale}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  version = "2.92";
-  pname = "dina-font-pcf";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Jibz/Dina/downloads/Dina.zip";
-    sha256 = "1kq86lbxxgik82aywwhawmj80vsbz3hfhdyhicnlv9km7yjvnl8z";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ unzip bdftopcf mkfontdir mkfontscale ];
-
-  dontBuild = true;
-  patchPhase = "sed -i 's/microsoft-cp1252/ISO8859-1/' *.bdf";
-  installPhase = ''
-    _get_font_size() {
-      _pt=$\{1%.bdf}
-      _pt=$\{_pt#*-}
-      echo $_pt
-    }
-
-    for i in Dina_i400-*.bdf; do
-        bdftopcf -t -o DinaItalic$(_get_font_size $i).pcf $i
-    done
-    for i in Dina_i700-*.bdf; do
-        bdftopcf -t -o DinaBoldItalic$(_get_font_size $i).pcf $i
-    done
-    for i in Dina_r400-*.bdf; do
-        bdftopcf -t -o DinaMedium$(_get_font_size $i).pcf $i
-    done
-    for i in Dina_r700-*.bdf; do
-        bdftopcf -t -o DinaBold$(_get_font_size $i).pcf $i
-    done
-    gzip -n *.pcf
-
-    fontDir="$out/share/fonts/misc"
-    mkdir -p "$fontDir"
-    mv *.pcf.gz "$fontDir"
-
-    cd "$fontDir"
-    mkfontdir
-    mkfontscale
-  '';
-
-  preferLocalBuild = true;
-
-  outputHashAlgo = "sha256";
-  outputHashMode = "recursive";
-  outputHash = "0v0qn5zwq4j1yx53ypg6w6mqx6dk8l1xix0188b0k4z3ivgnflyb";
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "A monospace bitmap font aimed at programmers";
-    longDescription = ''
-      Dina is a monospace bitmap font, primarily aimed at programmers. It is
-      relatively compact to allow a lot of code on screen, while (hopefully)
-      clear enough to remain readable even at high resolutions.
-    '';
-    homepage = https://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Jibz/Dina/;
-    downloadPage = https://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Jibz/Dina/;
-    license = licenses.free;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.prikhi ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/dina/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/dina/default.nix
index 0d4cd286219e..d5b709007035 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/dina/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/dina/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,47 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchzip }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip
+, bdftopcf, mkfontscale
+}:
 
-let
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "dina-font";
   version = "2.92";
-in fetchzip {
-  name = "dina-font-${version}";
 
-  # `meta.homepage` has no direct download link
-  url = "https://github.com/ProgrammingFonts/ProgrammingFonts/archive/b15ef365146be7eef4a46979cfe157c5aeefb7c0.zip";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Jibz/Dina/downloads/Dina.zip";
+    sha256 = "1kq86lbxxgik82aywwhawmj80vsbz3hfhdyhicnlv9km7yjvnl8z";
+  };
 
-  postFetch = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/fonts
-    unzip -j $downloadedFile '*/Dina/*.bdf' -d $out/share/fonts
-    chmod u-x $out/share/fonts/*
+  nativeBuildInputs =
+    [ unzip bdftopcf mkfontscale ];
+
+  patchPhase = "sed -i 's/microsoft-cp1252/ISO8859-1/' *.bdf";
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    newName() {
+      test "''${1:5:1}" = i && _it=Italic || _it=
+      case ''${1:6:3} in
+        400) test -z $it && _weight=Medium ;;
+        700) _weight=Bold ;;
+      esac
+      _pt=''${1%.bdf}
+      _pt=''${_pt#*-}
+      echo "Dina$_weight$_it$_pt"
+    }
+
+    # convert bdf fonts to pcf
+    for i in *.bdf; do
+      bdftopcf -t -o $(newName "$i").pcf "$i"
+    done
+    gzip -n -9 *.pcf
   '';
 
-  sha256 = "02a6hqbq18sw69npylfskriqhvj1nsk65hjjyd05nl913ycc6jl7";
+  installPhase = ''
+    install -D -m 644 -t "$out/share/fonts/misc" *.pcf.gz
+    install -D -m 644 -t "$bdf/share/fonts/misc" *.bdf
+    mkfontdir "$out/share/fonts/misc"
+  '';
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "bdf" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A monospace bitmap font aimed at programmers";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 6b4fb1f9f746..f27391ff9049 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -542,6 +542,9 @@ mapAliases ({
   # added 2020-01-10
   tor-browser-unwrapped = throw "tor-browser-unwrapped was removed because it was out of date and inadequately maintained. Please use tor-browser-bundle-bin instead. See #77452.";
 
+  # added 2020-02-09
+  dina-font-pcf = dina-font;
+
     /* Cleanup before 20.09 */
   llvm_4 = throw ''
     The LLVM versions 3.5, 3.9 and 4.0 have been removed in NixOS 20.03
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c0c475483078..60094116a049 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17378,9 +17378,8 @@ in
     paths = [ dejavu_fonts.out ];
   };
 
-  dina-font = callPackage ../data/fonts/dina { };
-
-  dina-font-pcf = callPackage ../data/fonts/dina-pcf { };
+  dina-font = callPackage ../data/fonts/dina
+    { inherit (buildPackages.xorg) mkfontscale; };
 
   dns-root-data = callPackage ../data/misc/dns-root-data { };