diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/argp-standalone/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/argp-standalone/default.nix
index 1a09ed84a1cb..f4fc2101e72b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/argp-standalone/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/argp-standalone/default.nix
@@ -1,62 +1,25 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, meson, ninja }:
 
-let
-  patch-argp-fmtstream = fetchpatch {
-    name = "patch-argp-fmtstream.h";
-    url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/formula-patches/b5f0ad3/argp-standalone/patch-argp-fmtstream.h";
-    sha256 = "5656273f622fdb7ca7cf1f98c0c9529bed461d23718bc2a6a85986e4f8ed1cb8";
-  };
-
-  patch-throw-in-funcdef = fetchpatch {
-    name = "argp-standalone-1.3-throw-in-funcdef.patch";
-    url = "https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/plain/sys-libs/argp-standalone/files/argp-standalone-1.3-throw-in-funcdef.patch?id=409d0e2a9c9c899fb1fb04cc808fe0aff3f745ca";
-    sha256 = "0b2b4l1jkvmnffl22jcn4ydzxy2i7fnmmnfim12f0yg5pb8fs43c";
-  };
-
-  patch-shared = fetchpatch {
-    name = "argp-standalone-1.3-shared.patch";
-    url = "https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/plain/sys-libs/argp-standalone/files/argp-standalone-1.3-shared.patch?id=409d0e2a9c9c899fb1fb04cc808fe0aff3f745ca";
-    sha256 = "1xx2zdc187a1m2x6c1qs62vcrycbycw7n0q3ks2zkxpaqzx2dgkw";
-  };
-in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "argp-standalone";
-  version = "1.3";
+  version = "1.5.0";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/misc/argp-standalone-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "dec79694da1319acd2238ce95df57f3680fea2482096e483323fddf3d818d8be";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "argp-standalone";
+    repo = "argp-standalone";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "jWnoWVnUVDQlsC9ru7oB9PdtZuyCCNqGnMqF/f2m0ZY=";
   };
 
-  patches =
-       lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [ patch-argp-fmtstream ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [ patch-throw-in-funcdef patch-shared ];
-
-  patchFlags = lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin "-p0";
-
-  # For currently unknown reason, `-fPIC` has to be passed explicitly, otherwise
-  # downstream software like `elfutils` will get `recompile errors like:
-  #     libargp.a(argp-help.o): relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against symbol `program_invocation_short_name' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
-  # It seems that nixpkgs's on-by-default `-fPIC` is not in effect here.
-  preConfigure = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux "export CFLAGS='-fgnu89-inline -fPIC'";
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/lib $out/include
-    cp libargp.a $out/lib
-    cp argp.h $out/include
-  '';
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja ];
 
   doCheck = true;
 
-  makeFlags = [ "AR:=$(AR)" ];
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
   meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/misc/";
-    description = "Standalone version of arguments parsing functions from GLIBC";
-    platforms = with platforms; darwin ++ linux;
+    homepage = "https://github.com/argp-standalone/argp-standalone";
+    description = "Standalone version of arguments parsing functions from Glibc";
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ amar1729 ];
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
   };
 }