diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/exercism/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/exercism/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c1b3027252a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/exercism/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "exercism-${version}";
-
-  version = "1.9.2";
-
-  src =
-    if stdenv.system == "x86_64-darwin" then
-      fetchurl {
-        url = "https://github.com/exercism/cli/releases/download/v${version}/exercism-mac-64bit.tgz";
-        sha256 = "01ddwblq1kqxhjv8mp8r1zy6p78p6pysf1mbsyjxw1y8skfdapnp";
-      }
-    else if stdenv.system == "i686-darwin" then
-      fetchurl {
-        url = "https://github.com/exercism/cli/releases/download/v${version}/exercism-mac-32bit.tgz";
-        sha256 = "0nkpnvbyi3c3dkw3149jiwil06x997wml844i9m0d6q1wblk0qdd";
-      }
-    else if stdenv.system == "i686-linux" then
-      fetchurl {
-        url = "https://github.com/exercism/cli/releases/download/v${version}/exercism-linux-32bit.tgz";
-        sha256 = "0szrn28sb0w88j0kbras10wm76rsndg9j4328p01f60rabq9q3z6";
-      }
-    else if stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" then
-      fetchurl {
-        url = "https://github.com/exercism/cli/releases/download/v${version}/exercism-linux-64bit.tgz";
-        sha256 = "17iah373ssd9313irmw27jq1a2gpxf8w3chjmgcgiarqfpyny5bz";
-      }
-    else throw "Platform: ${stdenv.system} not supported!";
-
-  buildPhase = "";
-
-  setSourceRoot = "sourceRoot=./";
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    cp -a exercism $out/bin
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "A Go based command line tool for exercism.io";
-    homepage    = http://exercism.io;
-    license     = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
-    platforms   = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.wjlroe ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3ad13b487483..0999f17fc582 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1399,8 +1399,6 @@ let
 
   execline = callPackage ../tools/misc/execline { };
 
-  exercism = callPackage ../development/tools/exercism { };
-
   exif = callPackage ../tools/graphics/exif { };
 
   exiftags = callPackage ../tools/graphics/exiftags { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix
index d5053af2ceda..a69d361db619 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix
@@ -549,6 +549,15 @@ let
     sha256 = "1rmm1ky7irqypqjkk6qcd2n0xkzpaggdxql9dp9i9qci5rvvwwd4";
   };
 
+  exercism = buildFromGitHub {
+    rev = "v2.2.1";
+    name = "exercism";
+    owner = "exercism";
+    repo = "cli";
+    sha256 = "13kwcxd7m3xv42j50nlm9dd08865dxji41glfvnb4wwq9yicyn4g";
+    buildInputs = [ net cli-go osext ];
+  };
+
   exponential-backoff = buildFromGitHub {
     rev = "96e25d36ae36ad09ac02cbfe653b44c4043a8e09";
     owner = "odeke-em";