diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/flannel/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/flannel/default.nix
index be6d1658d3e5..b714fe8bc593 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/flannel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/flannel/default.nix
@@ -1,26 +1,19 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, go, fetchurl, fetchgit, fetchhg, fetchbzr, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ lib, goPackages, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+with goPackages;
+
+buildGoPackage rec {
   version = "0.1.0";
   name = "flannel-${version}";
-
-  src = import ./deps.nix {
-    inherit stdenv lib fetchFromGitHub;
+  goPackagePath = "github.com/coreos/flannel";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "coreos";
+    repo = "flannel";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1f7x6a2c8ix6j5y1r0dq56b58bl2rs2ycbdqb9fz5zv1zk2w20rd";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ go ];
-
-  buildPhase = ''
-    export GOPATH=$src
-    go build -v -o flannel github.com/coreos/flannel
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    mv flannel $out/bin/flannel
-  '';
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+  meta = with lib; {
     description = "Flannel is an etcd backed network fabric for containers";
     homepage = https://github.com/coreos/flannel;
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/flannel/deps.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/flannel/deps.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 3af2404ba784..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/flannel/deps.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-# This file was generated by go2nix.
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub }:
-
-let
-  goDeps = [
-    {
-      root = "github.com/coreos/flannel";
-      src = fetchFromGitHub {
-        owner = "coreos";
-        repo = "flannel";
-        rev = "cd584fa5e1545ae86c965588e81ceb24455e980d";
-        sha256 = "1f7x6a2c8ix6j5y1r0dq56b58bl2rs2ycbdqb9fz5zv1zk2w20rd";
-      };
-    }
-  ];
-
-in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "go-deps";
-
-  buildCommand =
-    lib.concatStrings
-      (map (dep: ''
-              mkdir -p $out/src/`dirname ${dep.root}`
-              ln -s ${dep.src} $out/src/${dep.root}
-            '') goDeps);
-}