diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_fastcgi/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_fastcgi/default.nix
index eeabbc1f30dc..39f21b189378 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_fastcgi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_fastcgi/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, apacheHttpd }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchurl, apacheHttpd }:
 
 let
   apache-24-patch = fetchurl {
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "mod_fastcgi";
   version = "2.4.7.1";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/FastCGI-Archives/mod_fastcgi/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "12g6vcfl9jl8rqf8lzrkdxg2ngca310d3d6an563xqcgrkp8ga55";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "FastCGI-Archives";
+    repo = "mod_fastcgi";
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-ovir59kCjKkgbraX23nsmzlMzGdeNTyj3MQd8cgvLsg=";
   };
 
   patches = [ apache-24-patch ];
@@ -42,5 +44,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.peti ];
+    broken = true; # patch 'compile-against-apache24.diff' no longer works
   };
 }