diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/qr/qrencode/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/qr/qrencode/package.nix
index 246499eba9ce9..fca976b41d147 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/qr/qrencode/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/qr/qrencode/package.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
   pkg-config,
-  SDL2,
   libpng,
   libiconv,
+  autoreconfHook,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: rec {
@@ -19,20 +19,23 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: rec {
     "dev"
   ];
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/qrencode-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-2kSO1PUqumvLDNSMrA3VG4aSvMxM0SdDFAL8pvgXHo4=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "fukuchi";
+    repo = "libqrencode";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-nbrmg9SqCqMrLE7WCfNEzMV/eS9UVCKCrjBrGMzAsLk";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+    autoreconfHook
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     libiconv
     libpng
   ];
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ SDL2 ];
-
   doCheck = false;
 
   checkPhase = ''