diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/oniguruma/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/oniguruma/default.nix
index cffa14fdc46b..3062c3cb4e11 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/oniguruma/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/oniguruma/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "onig";
+  pname = "oniguruma";
   version = "6.9.8";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "kkos";
-    repo = "oniguruma";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-8aFZdhh6ovLCR0A17rvWq/Oif66rSMnHcCYHjClNElw=";
+  # Note: do not use fetchpatch or fetchFromGitHub to keep this package available in __bootPackages
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/releases/download/v${version}/onig-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "sha256-KM1iwUZGI8eRBWX7HMqqAQSy/osSvNZG6B9ztHU1IT4=";
   };
 
+  outputs = [ "dev" "lib" "out" ];
+  outputBin = "dev"; # onig-config
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
   configureFlags = [ "--enable-posix-api=yes" ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/jq/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/jq/default.nix
index dab6831cefd3..6b41cc9862b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/jq/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/jq/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
-, fetchpatch
-, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchurl
 , autoreconfHook
 , onigurumaSupport ? true
 , oniguruma
@@ -11,19 +10,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "jq";
   version = "1.6";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "stedolan";
-    repo = "jq";
-    rev = "${pname}-${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-CIE8vumQPGK+TFAncmpBijANpFALLTadOvkob0gVzro";
+  # Note: do not use fetchpatch or fetchFromGitHub to keep this package available in __bootPackages
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/stedolan/jq/releases/download/jq-${version}/jq-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "sha256-XejI4pqqP7nMa0e7JymfJxNU67clFOOsytx9OLW7qnI=";
   };
 
   patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "fix-tests-when-building-without-regex-supports.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/stedolan/jq/pull/2292/commits/f6a69a6e52b68a92b816a28eb20719a3d0cb51ae.patch";
-      sha256 = "pTM5FZ6hFs5Rdx+W2dICSS2lcoLY1Q//Lan3Hu8Gr58=";
-    })
+    ./fix-tests-when-building-without-regex-supports.patch
   ];
 
   outputs = [ "bin" "doc" "man" "dev" "lib" "out" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/jq/fix-tests-when-building-without-regex-supports.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/jq/fix-tests-when-building-without-regex-supports.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac7614ed80b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/jq/fix-tests-when-building-without-regex-supports.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+From f6a69a6e52b68a92b816a28eb20719a3d0cb51ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Dmitry Bogatov <git#v1@kaction.cc>
+Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] Disable some tests when building without regex support
+
+---
+ Makefile.am  | 5 ++++-
+ configure.ac | 1 +
+ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
+index f5c1db594..f3f44bb9e 100644
+--- a/Makefile.am
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -130,7 +130,10 @@ endif
+ 
+ ### Tests (make check)
+ 
+-TESTS = tests/optionaltest tests/mantest tests/jqtest tests/onigtest tests/shtest tests/utf8test tests/base64test
++TESTS = tests/optionaltest tests/jqtest tests/shtest tests/utf8test tests/base64test
++if WITH_ONIGURUMA
++TESTS += tests/mantest tests/onigtest
++endif
+ TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = NO_VALGRIND=$(NO_VALGRIND)
+ 
+ # This is a magic make variable that causes it to treat tests/man.test as a
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 0441d4a2c..987d94e0a 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ AC_SUBST(onig_CFLAGS)
+ AC_SUBST(onig_LDFLAGS)
+ 
+ AM_CONDITIONAL([BUILD_ONIGURUMA], [test "x$build_oniguruma" = xyes])
++AM_CONDITIONAL([WITH_ONIGURUMA], [test "x$with_oniguruma" = xyes])
+ AC_SUBST([BUNDLER], ["$bundle_cmd"])
+ 
+ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([config/m4])