diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ms/msr-tools/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ms/msr-tools/package.nix
index e725b36f3492..6dbac3bbc4b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ms/msr-tools/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ms/msr-tools/package.nix
@@ -1,29 +1,25 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  unzip,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  autoreconfHook,
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "msr-tools";
-  version = "1.3";
+  version = "1.3-unstable-2022-08-05";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://01.org/sites/default/files/downloads/msr-tools/${pname}-${version}.zip";
-    sha256 = "07hxmddg0l31kjfmaq84ni142lbbvgq6391r8bd79wpm819pnigr";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "intel";
+    repo = "msr-tools";
+    rev = "7d78c80d66463ac598bcc8bf1dc260418788dfda";
+    hash = "sha256-p+bfS1Fsz9MqPLmiVD8d+93oeUxxU2raKdRY7pThlzk=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ unzip ];
-
-  preInstall = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    substituteInPlace Makefile \
-      --replace /usr/sbin $out/bin
-  '';
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Tool to read/write from/to MSR CPU registers on Linux";
+    description = "Tools to read/write from/to MSR CPU registers on Linux";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];