diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/guitarix/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/guitarix/default.nix
index 2134370eac9f..c1d1cf5571c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/guitarix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/guitarix/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
-, fetchurl
-, fetchpatch
+, fetchFromGitHub
 , avahi
 , bluez
 , boost
@@ -42,29 +41,19 @@ let
   inherit (lib) optional;
 in
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "guitarix";
-  version = "0.44.1";
+  version = "0.46.0";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/guitarix/guitarix2-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "d+g9dU9RrDjFQj847rVd5bPiYSjmC1EbAtLe/PNubBg=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "brummer10";
+    repo = "guitarix";
+    rev = "V${finalAttrs.version}";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+    hash = "sha256-AftC6fQEDzG/3C/83YbK/++bRgP7vPD0E2X6KEWpowc=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "gcc13-fixes.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/brummer10/guitarix/commit/b52736180b6966f24398f8a5ad179a58173473ec.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-+jilgLujy/B6ijUb8NHzt3+4IKCt17X8LmuMLdmsvGw=";
-      relative = "trunk";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  # doesnt apply cleanly, so doing with substituteInPlace
-  # https://github.com/brummer10/guitarix/commit/39d7c21c4173eb0f121b1bbff439d9cf43331a00.patch
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace wscript --replace "open(src_fname, 'rU')" "open(src_fname, 'r')"
-  '';
+  sourceRoot = "${finalAttrs.src.name}/trunk";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     gettext
@@ -140,9 +129,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       clean-sounds, nice overdrive, fat distortion and a diversity of
       crazy sounds never heard before.
     '';
-    homepage = "http://guitarix.sourceforge.net/";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/brummer10/guitarix";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ astsmtl goibhniu ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ astsmtl goibhniu lord-valen ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
-}
+})