diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/beta.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/beta.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0734da173e5f..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/beta.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, pkgs, fetchurl, lib, makeWrapper, gvfs, atomEnv}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "atom-beta-${version}";
-  version = "1.24.0-beta3";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/download/v${version}/atom-amd64.deb";
-    sha256 = "02nnjjwlkxafi2fbi4gz276nqkmi92kf3q414vw1k3kc8q5zvxrs";
-    name = "${name}.deb";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-
-  buildCommand = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/usr/
-    ar p $src data.tar.xz | tar -C $out -xJ ./usr
-    substituteInPlace $out/usr/share/applications/atom-beta.desktop \
-      --replace /usr/share/atom-beta $out/bin
-    mv $out/usr/* $out/
-    rm -r $out/share/lintian
-    rm -r $out/usr/
-    sed -i "s/'atom-beta'/'.atom-beta-wrapped'/" $out/bin/atom-beta
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/atom-beta \
-      --prefix "PATH" : "${gvfs}/bin"
-
-    fixupPhase
-
-    patchelf --set-interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
-      --set-rpath "${atomEnv.libPath}:$out/share/atom-beta" \
-      $out/share/atom-beta/atom
-    patchelf --set-interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
-      --set-rpath "${atomEnv.libPath}" \
-      $out/share/atom-beta/resources/app/apm/bin/node
-
-    #rm -f $out/share/atom-beta/resources/app/node_modules/dugite/git/bin/git
-    #ln -s ${pkgs.git}/bin/git $out/share/atom-beta/resources/app/node_modules/dugite/git/bin/git
-
-    find $out/share/atom-beta -name "*.node" -exec patchelf --set-rpath "${atomEnv.libPath}:$out/share/atom-beta" {} \;
-
-    paxmark m $out/share/atom-beta/atom
-    paxmark m $out/share/atom-beta/resources/app/apm/bin/node
-  '';
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "A hackable text editor for the 21st Century";
-    homepage = https://atom.io/;
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.offline maintainers.nequissimus ];
-    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
index 225ec6a9456f..7a88d761a345 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
@@ -1,53 +1,69 @@
 { stdenv, pkgs, fetchurl, lib, makeWrapper, gvfs, atomEnv}:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "atom-${version}";
-  version = "1.27.0";
+let
+  common = pname: {version, sha256}: stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+    name = "${pname}-${version}";
+    inherit version;
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/download/v${version}/atom-amd64.deb";
-    sha256 = "1r37s6ndxyib644v7nlgha1pkcnz7kxpmlkhh41l5jp4dpc6iik6";
-    name = "${name}.deb";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/download/v${version}/atom-amd64.deb";
+      name = "${name}.deb";
+      inherit sha256;
+    };
+
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+
+    buildCommand = ''
+      mkdir -p $out/usr/
+      ar p $src data.tar.xz | tar -C $out -xJ ./usr
+      substituteInPlace $out/usr/share/applications/${pname}.desktop \
+        --replace /usr/share/${pname} $out/bin
+      mv $out/usr/* $out/
+      rm -r $out/share/lintian
+      rm -r $out/usr/
+      # sed -i "s/'${pname}'/'.${pname}-wrapped'/" $out/bin/${pname}
+      wrapProgram $out/bin/${pname} \
+        --prefix "PATH" : "${gvfs}/bin"
+
+      fixupPhase
+
+      share=$out/share/${pname}
+
+      patchelf --set-interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
+        --set-rpath "${atomEnv.libPath}:$share" \
+        $share/atom
+      patchelf --set-interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
+        --set-rpath "${atomEnv.libPath}" \
+        $share/resources/app/apm/bin/node
+
+      dugite=$share/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/dugite
+      rm -f $dugite/git/bin/git
+      ln -s ${pkgs.git}/bin/git $dugite/git/bin/git
+      rm -f $dugite/git/libexec/git-core/git
+      ln -s ${pkgs.git}/bin/git $dugite/git/libexec/git-core/git
+
+      find $share -name "*.node" -exec patchelf --set-rpath "${atomEnv.libPath}:$share" {} \;
+
+      paxmark m $share/atom
+      paxmark m $share/resources/app/apm/bin/node
+    '';
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      description = "A hackable text editor for the 21st Century";
+      homepage = https://atom.io/;
+      license = licenses.mit;
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ offline nequissimus synthetica ysndr ];
+      platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+    };
+  };
+in stdenv.lib.mapAttrs common {
+  atom = {
+    version = "1.27.1";
+    sha256 = "08slv8s90wz2jcdrcqh2d815wfbrkwcdx9c3qbx8cml04hz8p2gx";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-
-  buildCommand = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/usr/
-    ar p $src data.tar.xz | tar -C $out -xJ ./usr
-    substituteInPlace $out/usr/share/applications/atom.desktop \
-      --replace /usr/share/atom $out/bin
-    mv $out/usr/* $out/
-    rm -r $out/share/lintian
-    rm -r $out/usr/
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/atom \
-      --prefix "PATH" : "${gvfs}/bin"
-
-    fixupPhase
-
-    patchelf --set-interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
-      --set-rpath "${atomEnv.libPath}:$out/share/atom" \
-      $out/share/atom/atom
-    patchelf --set-interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
-      --set-rpath "${atomEnv.libPath}" \
-      $out/share/atom/resources/app/apm/bin/node
-
-    rm -f $out/share/atom/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/dugite/git/bin/git
-    ln -s ${pkgs.git}/bin/git $out/share/atom/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/dugite/git/bin/git
-    rm -f $out/share/atom/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/dugite/git/libexec/git-core/git
-    ln -s ${pkgs.git}/bin/git $out/share/atom/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/dugite/git/libexec/git-core/git
-
-    find $out/share/atom -name "*.node" -exec patchelf --set-rpath "${atomEnv.libPath}:$out/share/atom" {} \;
-
-    paxmark m $out/share/atom/atom
-    paxmark m $out/share/atom/resources/app/apm/bin/node
-  '';
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "A hackable text editor for the 21st Century";
-    homepage = https://atom.io/;
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ offline nequissimus synthetica ysndr ];
-    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+  atom-beta = {
+    version = "1.28.0-beta1";
+    sha256 = "1mkxq2a7sylj9jx1bs2v1pmgrwc10cgh810qic1lncq9jzpaik0n";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 832cfc79ab7c..548ac948c9e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14910,8 +14910,9 @@ with pkgs;
     gconf = gnome2.GConf;
   };
 
-  atom = callPackage ../applications/editors/atom { };
-  atom-beta = callPackage ../applications/editors/atom/beta.nix { };
+  atomPackages = callPackage ../applications/editors/atom { };
+
+  inherit (atomPackages) atom atom-beta;
 
   aseprite = callPackage ../applications/editors/aseprite { };
   aseprite-unfree = aseprite.override { unfree = true; };