diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop-yarndeps.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop-yarndeps.nix
index 07416b8d0e85..0d7047377c08 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop-yarndeps.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop-yarndeps.nix
@@ -2162,21 +2162,13 @@
       };
     }
     {
-    name = "2306b3d4da4eba908b256014b979f1d3d43d2945";
-    path =
-      let
-        repo = fetchgit {
-          url = "https://github.com/matrix-org/eslint-plugin-matrix-org.git";
-          rev = "2306b3d4da4eba908b256014b979f1d3d43d2945";
-          sha256 = "0ywgrls2phviz47kzsjrxijkdbs1ky77471fbq9cnpj0fs3si81c";
-        };
-      in
-        runCommand "2306b3d4da4eba908b256014b979f1d3d43d2945" { buildInputs = [gnutar]; } ''
-          # Set u+w because tar-fs can't unpack archives with read-only dirs
-          # https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs/issues/79
-          tar cf $out --mode u+w -C ${repo} .
-        '';
-  }
+      name = "2306b3d4da4eba908b256014b979f1d3d43d2945";
+      path = fetchurl {
+        name = "2306b3d4da4eba908b256014b979f1d3d43d2945";
+        url  = "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/eslint-plugin-matrix-org/tar.gz/2306b3d4da4eba908b256014b979f1d3d43d2945";
+        sha1 = "e82e07e6163d15ee5243d8df073947540bf0efc9";
+      };
+    }
     {
       name = "eslint_scope___eslint_scope_5.1.1.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {
@@ -3522,21 +3514,13 @@
       };
     }
     {
-    name = "e5c7071e0cdf715de87ef39dc8260e11d7add2f8";
-    path =
-      let
-        repo = fetchgit {
-          url = "https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-web-i18n.git";
-          rev = "e5c7071e0cdf715de87ef39dc8260e11d7add2f8";
-          sha256 = "0whjmf23m3204ifgx3spfnlg9pwm956fc16gjxgp9ia0d93xrpn6";
-        };
-      in
-        runCommand "e5c7071e0cdf715de87ef39dc8260e11d7add2f8" { buildInputs = [gnutar]; } ''
-          # Set u+w because tar-fs can't unpack archives with read-only dirs
-          # https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs/issues/79
-          tar cf $out --mode u+w -C ${repo} .
-        '';
-  }
+      name = "e5c7071e0cdf715de87ef39dc8260e11d7add2f8";
+      path = fetchurl {
+        name = "e5c7071e0cdf715de87ef39dc8260e11d7add2f8";
+        url  = "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-web-i18n/tar.gz/e5c7071e0cdf715de87ef39dc8260e11d7add2f8";
+        sha1 = "efbc392e3523669d20b812a6dae2f6efb49b888d";
+      };
+    }
     {
       name = "memoizee___memoizee_0.4.15.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {