diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/littlegptracker/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/littlegptracker/default.nix
index 9b1a1869c283..2fb453cf19c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/littlegptracker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/littlegptracker/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, unstableGitUpdater
 , SDL
 , jack2
 , Foundation
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   installPhase = let extension = if stdenv.isDarwin then "app" else "deb-exe";
     in "install -Dm555 lgpt.${extension} $out/bin/lgpt";
 
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A music tracker similar to lsdj optimised to run on portable game consoles";
     longDescription = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/meme/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/meme/default.nix
index 5f8a0bb6eed3..8cbc776132e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/meme/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/meme/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
-{ stdenv, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ stdenv
+, buildGoPackage
+, unstableGitUpdater
+, fetchFromGitHub
+}:
 
 buildGoPackage rec {
-  pname = "meme-unstable";
-  version = "2017-09-10";
+  pname = "meme";
+  version = "unstable-2017-09-10";
 
   owner = "nomad-software";
   repo = "meme";
@@ -14,6 +18,8 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     sha256 = "1gbsv1d58ck6mj89q31s5b0ppw51ab76yqgz39jgwqnkidvzdfly";
   };
 
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A command line utility for creating image macro style memes";
     homepage = "https://github.com/nomad-software/meme";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/lobster/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/lobster/default.nix
index 62867f296d72..b87bec7ea2d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/lobster/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/lobster/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, unstableGitUpdater
 , cmake
 , callPackage
 
@@ -46,8 +47,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   preConfigure = "cd dev";
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  passthru.tests = {
-    can-run-hello-world = callPackage ./test-can-run-hello-world.nix {};
+  passthru = {
+    tests.can-run-hello-world = callPackage ./test-can-run-hello-world.nix {};
+    updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
   };
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
@@ -63,4 +65,3 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     platforms = platforms.all;
   };
 }
-
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/qbe/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/qbe/default.nix
index 871707496561..436b03e499c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/qbe/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/qbe/default.nix
@@ -25,4 +25,3 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     platforms = platforms.all;
   };
 }
-
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/cht.sh/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/cht.sh/default.nix
index 1c38e7c3b8f5..ceef26b577d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/cht.sh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/cht.sh/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, unstableGitUpdater
 , makeWrapper
 , curl
 , ncurses
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       --prefix PATH : "${stdenv.lib.makeBinPath [ curl rlwrap ncurses xsel ]}"
   '';
 
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "CLI client for cheat.sh, a community driven cheat sheet";
     license = licenses.mit;
@@ -42,4 +45,3 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     homepage = "https://github.com/chubin/cheat.sh";
   };
 }
-
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/bash-supergenpass/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/bash-supergenpass/default.nix
index f72c916acf99..53bc45acf8f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/bash-supergenpass/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/bash-supergenpass/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper, openssl, coreutils, gnugrep }:
+{ stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, unstableGitUpdater
+, makeWrapper
+, openssl
+, coreutils
+, gnugrep }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "bash-supergenpass-unstable";
-  version = "2018-04-18";
+  pname = "bash-supergenpass";
+  version = "unstable-2018-04-18";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
 
@@ -18,6 +24,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     wrapProgram "$out/bin/supergenpass" --prefix PATH : "${stdenv.lib.makeBinPath [ openssl coreutils gnugrep ]}"
   '';
 
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Bash shell-script implementation of SuperGenPass password generation";
     longDescription = ''
@@ -36,4 +44,3 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     homepage = "https://github.com/lanzz/bash-supergenpass";
   };
 }
-