diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/f2fs-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/f2fs-tools/default.nix
index 073dc585e74d..36ffce9cdfe8 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/f2fs-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/f2fs-tools/default.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,16 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchgit, autoconf, automake, libtool, pkgconfig, libuuid }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, libuuid }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "f2fs-tools-${version}";
-  version = "1.4.1";
+  version = "1.5.0";
 
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs-tools.git;
-    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    sha256 = "16i74r2656q6x4gg5kgjy2fxipr5czbm10r66s34pi2lfczbwhjr";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs-tools.git/snapshot/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1pdgl78xkagxlmavy6x118wjzz8yvl8n08fc1m6wah9bf93qlhdf";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig libuuid ];
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    sed -i '/AC_SUBST/d' configure.ac
-    autoreconf --install
-  '';
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+  buildInputs = [ libuuid ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs-tools.git/";