diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/get_iplayer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/get_iplayer/default.nix
index 884ee44098bf..2483cc000f01 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/get_iplayer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/get_iplayer/default.nix
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 , perl
 , atomicparsley
 , ffmpeg
-, flvstreamer
-, rtmpdump
 }:
 
 perlPackages.buildPerlPackage rec {
@@ -25,7 +23,7 @@ perlPackages.buildPerlPackage rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin shortenPerlShebang;
   buildInputs = [ perl ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = with perlPackages; [
-    HTMLParser HTTPCookies LWP LWPProtocolHttps XMLLibXML XMLSimple Mojolicious
+    LWP LWPProtocolHttps XMLLibXML Mojolicious
   ];
 
   preConfigure = "touch Makefile.PL";
@@ -36,7 +34,7 @@ perlPackages.buildPerlPackage rec {
     runHook preInstall
     mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/man/man1
     cp get_iplayer $out/bin
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/get_iplayer --suffix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ atomicparsley ffmpeg flvstreamer rtmpdump ]} --prefix PERL5LIB : $PERL5LIB
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/get_iplayer --suffix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ atomicparsley ffmpeg ]} --prefix PERL5LIB : $PERL5LIB
     cp get_iplayer.1 $out/share/man/man1
     runHook postInstall
   '';
@@ -46,9 +44,9 @@ perlPackages.buildPerlPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Downloads TV and radio from BBC iPlayer";
+    description = "Downloads TV and radio programmes from BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
-    homepage = "https://squarepenguin.co.uk/";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer";
     platforms = platforms.all;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ rika jgarcia ];
   };