diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nix-prefetch-github/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nix-prefetch-github/default.nix
index 0821e0b763d0..6df6f15c068b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nix-prefetch-github/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nix-prefetch-github/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,13 @@
 { fetchFromGitHub
 , lib
 , buildPythonPackage
-, attrs
-, click
-, effect
 , git
-, pytestCheckHook
-, pytest-cov
 , pythonOlder
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "nix-prefetch-github";
-  version = "4.0.4";
+  version = "5.0.1";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
@@ -20,19 +15,16 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "seppeljordan";
     repo = "nix-prefetch-github";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "g5G818Gq5EGyRIyg/ZW7guxMS0IyJ4nYaRjG/CtGhuc=";
+    sha256 = "DOmFfUCLJ+rnS4PznQaQrDrqjUU4DXmOrC9BspqKZVM=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    attrs
-    click
-    effect
-  ];
-
-  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook pytest-cov git ];
+  checkInputs = [ git ];
 
+  checkPhase = ''
+    python -m unittest discover
+  '';
   # ignore tests which are impure
-  disabledTests = [ "network" "requires_nix_build" ];
+  DISABLED_TESTS = "network requires_nix_build";
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Prefetch sources from github";