diff --git a/pkgs/tools/audio/abcmidi/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/audio/abcmidi/default.nix
index cbb674f3801c..dee7d19e8c7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/audio/abcmidi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/audio/abcmidi/default.nix
@@ -1,23 +1,24 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "abcMIDI-${version}";
-  version = "2017.06.10";
+  version = "2017.11.27";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "leesavide";
-    repo = "abcmidi";
-    rev = name;
-    sha256 = "0y92m3mj63vvy79ksq4z5hgkz6w50drg9a4bmbk6jylny0l0bdpy";
+  # You can find new releases on http://ifdo.ca/~seymour/runabc/top.html
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://ifdo.ca/~seymour/runabc/${name}.zip";
+    sha256 = "095nnyaqnsr3v7hsswpad9g0hxdnr4s6z8yk1bmr3g1j0cfv1xs9";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ unzip ];
+
   # There is also a file called "makefile" which seems to be preferred by the standard build phase
   makefile = "Makefile";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://abc.sourceforge.net/abcMIDI/;
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    description = "abc <-> MIDI conversion utilities";
+    description = "Utilities for converting between abc and MIDI";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.dotlambda ];
   };
 }