diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/freetalk/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/freetalk/default.nix
index 01707dd1ff32..ca8d7f2076ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/freetalk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/freetalk/default.nix
@@ -1,42 +1,35 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchgit
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
 , guile, pkgconfig, glib, loudmouth, gmp, libidn, readline, libtool
 , libunwind, ncurses, curl, jansson, texinfo
 , automake, autoconf
 }:
 
-let
-  s = rec {
-    baseName="freetalk";
-    version="4.0rc6";
-    name="${baseName}-${version}";
-    url="https://github.com/GNUFreetalk/freetalk";
-    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    sha256="1wr3q40f4gwmr0vm6w07d5vzr65q6llk9xxq75klpcj83va5l3xv";
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "freetalk-${version}";
+  version = "4.1";
+  
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "GNUFreetalk";
+    repo = "freetalk";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "09jwk2i8qd8c7wrn9xbqcwm32720dwxis22kf3jpbg8mn6w6i757";
   };
-  buildInputs = [
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    ./autogen.sh
+  '';
+
+ buildInputs = [
     guile pkgconfig glib loudmouth gmp libidn readline libtool
     libunwind ncurses curl jansson texinfo
     autoconf automake
   ];
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  inherit (s) name version;
-  inherit buildInputs;
-  src = fetchgit {
-    inherit (s) url rev sha256;
-  };
 
-  preConfigure = ''
-    patchShebangs .
-    ./autogen.sh
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    inherit (s) version;
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description =  "Console XMPP client";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus ;
-    maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.raskin];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus ;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ raskin ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
     downloadPage = "http://www.gnu.org/software/freetalk/";
   };
 }