diff --git a/pkgs/development/go-modules/libs.json b/pkgs/development/go-modules/libs.json
index 81ceb71f9351..d2564c0be3a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/go-modules/libs.json
+++ b/pkgs/development/go-modules/libs.json
@@ -427,8 +427,8 @@
     "fetch": {
       "type": "git",
       "url": "https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang",
-      "rev": "90c15b5efa0dc32a7d259234e02ac9a99e6d3b82",
-      "sha256": "11hbll3x7hm69a7b0pwnhz5diligjy5yykdkqz2rsvs8s1k796zm"
+      "rev": "6dbab8106ed3ed77359ac85d9cf08e30290df864",
+      "sha256": "1i3g5h2ncdb8b67742kfpid7d0a1jas1pyicglbglwngfmzhpkna"
     }
   },
   {
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/prom2json.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/prom2json.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..512cd4ca22ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/prom2json.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# This file was generated by go2nix.
+{ stdenv, lib, goPackages, fetchgit, fetchhg, fetchbzr, fetchsvn }:
+
+with goPackages;
+
+buildGoPackage rec {
+  name = "prom2json-${version}";
+  version = "0.1.0";
+  rev = "${version}";
+
+  goPackagePath = "github.com/prometheus/prom2json";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    inherit rev;
+    url = "https://github.com/prometheus/prom2json";
+    sha256 = "0wwh3mz7z81fwh8n78sshvj46akcgjhxapjgfic5afc4nv926zdl";
+  };
+
+  goDeps = ./prom2json_deps.json;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Tool to scrape a Prometheus client and dump the result as JSON";
+    homepage = https://github.com/prometheus/prom2json;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ benley ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/prom2json_deps.json b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/prom2json_deps.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a8569d8a25f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/prom2json_deps.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[
+  {
+    "include": "../../libs.json",
+    "packages": [
+      "github.com/golang/protobuf",
+      "github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions",
+      "github.com/prometheus/client_golang",
+      "github.com/prometheus/client_model"
+    ]
+  }
+]
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1633c90f8370..fdf9c1f88b7a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10177,7 +10177,7 @@ in
 
   postgresql_jdbc = callPackage ../servers/sql/postgresql/jdbc { };
 
-  prom2json = goPackages.prometheus.prom2json.bin // { outputs = [ "bin" ]; };
+  prom2json = callPackage ../servers/monitoring/prometheus/prom2json.nix { };
   prometheus = callPackage ../servers/monitoring/prometheus { };
   prometheus-alertmanager = goPackages.prometheus.alertmanager.bin // { outputs = [ "bin" ]; };
   prometheus-cli = goPackages.prometheus.cli.bin // { outputs = [ "bin" ]; };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix
index a3a1aaf33714..427a2c14c449 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix
@@ -2767,27 +2767,6 @@ let
     sha256 = "0pj3gzw9b58l72w0rkpn03ayssglmqfmyxghhfad6mh0b49dvj3r";
   };
 
-  prometheus.prom2json = buildFromGitHub {
-    rev = "0.1.0";
-    owner = "prometheus";
-    repo = "prom2json";
-    sha256 = "0wwh3mz7z81fwh8n78sshvj46akcgjhxapjgfic5afc4nv926zdl";
-
-    buildInputs = [
-      golang_protobuf_extensions
-      prometheus.client_golang
-      protobuf
-    ];
-
-    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-      description = "Tool to scrape a Prometheus client and dump the result as JSON";
-      homepage = https://github.com/prometheus/prom2json;
-      license = licenses.asl20;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ benley ];
-      platforms = platforms.unix;
-    };
-  };
-
   prometheus.pushgateway = buildFromGitHub rec {
     rev = "0.1.1";
     owner = "prometheus";