diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sa/sacad/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sa/sacad/package.nix
index 99625089cf31..70d36f43cfd1 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sa/sacad/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sa/sacad/package.nix
@@ -1,46 +1,30 @@
 {
   lib,
-  python3Packages,
-  fetchPypi,
-  jpegoptim,
-  optipng,
+  rustPlatform,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
 }:
 
-python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "sacad";
-  version = "2.8.3";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "3.0.1";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit (finalAttrs) pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-6bKxFOP4hPbU5d1J/wro1BM/Bh9W//QzcZ4YbfaaqYY=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "desbma";
+    repo = "sacad";
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-dzVppb6Lg/yjLrPAwII/GMy+56jzaWn0WS7vRZOXkgU=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
-    aiohttp
-    appdirs
-    bitarray
-    cssselect
-    fake-useragent
-    lxml
-    mutagen
-    pillow
-    tqdm
-    unidecode
-    web-cache
-    jpegoptim
-    optipng
-  ];
+  cargoHash = "sha256-tySgM7j26vztPOGkIq1kQeZn6YwDbk9mt3SEg94SW2o=";
 
-  # tests require internet connection
+  # Tests require internet connection.
   doCheck = false;
 
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "sacad" ];
-
   meta = {
     description = "Smart Automatic Cover Art Downloader";
     homepage = "https://github.com/desbma/sacad";
     license = lib.licenses.mpl20;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ moni ];
+    mainProgram = "sacad";
   };
 })