diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44d4a09..71dc8ba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ nixpkgs-update supports interactive, single package updates via the
 
 # Flags
 
-* `--pr`—uses Hub to submit a PR to GitHub.
 * `--cve`—adds CVE vulnerability reporting to the PR message. On
   first invocation with this option, a CVE database is
   built. Subsequent invocations will be much faster.
diff --git a/app/Main.hs b/app/Main.hs
index 878dc26..05ee7e1 100644
--- a/app/Main.hs
+++ b/app/Main.hs
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ main = do
       setupNixpkgs token
       P.setEnv "PAGER" "" True
       P.setEnv "GITHUB_TOKEN" (T.unpack token) True
-      result <- updatePackage (Options pr False token cve cachix nixpkgsReview False) update
+      result <- updatePackage (Options False False token cve cachix nixpkgsReview False) update
       case result of
         Left e -> T.putStrLn e
         Right () -> T.putStrLn "Done."
diff --git a/src/GH.hs b/src/GH.hs
index d747839..6812730 100644
--- a/src/GH.hs
+++ b/src/GH.hs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ where
 
 import Control.Applicative (some)
 import qualified Data.Text as T
-import qualified Data.Text.IO as T
 import qualified Data.Text.Encoding as T
 import qualified Data.Vector as V
 import GitHub
@@ -29,8 +28,6 @@ import qualified Text.Regex.Applicative.Text as RE
 import Text.Regex.Applicative.Text ((=~))
 import Utils (UpdateEnv (..), Version)
 import qualified Utils as U
-import System.IO.Temp (withSystemTempFile)
-import System.IO (hFlush)
 
 default (T.Text)
 
@@ -45,15 +42,13 @@ releaseUrl env url = do
   urlParts <- parseURL url
   gReleaseUrl (authFrom env) urlParts
 
-pr :: MonadIO m => Text -> Text -> m ()
-pr base msg = do
-  liftIO $ withSystemTempFile
-    (T.unpack $ base <> "-prmsg")
-    (\fp handle -> do
-        T.hPutStr handle msg
-        hFlush handle
-        runProcess_ $
-          proc "hub" ["pull-request", "-b", T.unpack base, "-F", fp])
+pr :: MonadIO m => UpdateEnv -> Text -> Text -> Text -> Text -> ExceptT Text m Text
+pr env title body prHead base = do
+  ExceptT $
+    bimap (T.pack . show) (getUrl . pullRequestUrl)
+      <$> (liftIO $ (github (authFrom env)
+         (createPullRequestR (N "nixos") (N "nixpkgs")
+          (CreatePullRequest title body prHead base))))
 
 data URLParts
   = URLParts
diff --git a/src/Update.hs b/src/Update.hs
index f400768..5b7dfe6 100644
--- a/src/Update.hs
+++ b/src/Update.hs
@@ -347,7 +347,8 @@ publishPackage log updateEnv oldSrcUrl newSrcUrl attrPath result opDiff msgs = d
             if (isNothing opDiff || numPackageRebuilds (fromJust opDiff) < 100)
               then "master"
               else "staging"
-      lift $ GH.pr base prMsg
+      pullRequestUrl <- GH.pr updateEnv (prTitle updateEnv attrPath) prMsg ("r-ryantm:" <> (branchName updateEnv)) base
+      liftIO $ log pullRequestUrl
     else liftIO $ T.putStrLn prMsg
 
 commitMessage :: UpdateEnv -> Text -> Text