diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/micro/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/micro/default.nix
index ffef5d5fdde2..f3506b0cb985 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/micro/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/micro/default.nix
@@ -1,40 +1,33 @@
-{ stdenv, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub, installShellFiles }:
+{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, installShellFiles }:
 
-buildGoPackage rec {
+buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "micro";
-  version = "2.0.7";
-
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/zyedidia/micro";
+  version = "2.0.8";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "zyedidia";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "07ck1a9arklic3p0z50wcg608cvpba1kljvlfb4fljr6jhv5cmkb";
-    fetchSubmodules = true;
+    sha256 = "1b51fvc9hrjfl8acr3yybp66xfll7d43412qwi76wxwarn06gkci";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
 
   subPackages = [ "cmd/micro" ];
 
-  buildFlagsArray = let t = "${goPackagePath}/internal/util"; in ''
-    -ldflags=
-      -X ${t}.Version=${version}
-      -X ${t}.CommitHash=${src.rev}
-  '';
+  vendorSha256 = "19iqvl63g9y6gkzfmv87rrgj4c4y6ngh467ss94rzrhaybj2b2d8";
 
-  goDeps = ./deps.nix;
+  buildFlagsArray = [ "-ldflags=-s -w -X github.com/zyedidia/micro/v2/internal/util.Version=${version} -X github.com/zyedidia/micro/v2/internal/util.CommitHash=${src.rev}" ];
 
   postInstall = ''
-    installManPage $src/assets/packaging/micro.1
+    installManPage assets/packaging/micro.1
+    install -Dt $out/share/applications assets/packaging/micro.desktop
   '';
 
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+  meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://micro-editor.github.io";
     description = "Modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dtzWill ];
   };
 }
-
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/micro/deps.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/micro/deps.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d1cb91c29590..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/micro/deps.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,345 +0,0 @@
-# file generated from go.mod using vgo2nix (https://github.com/adisbladis/vgo2nix)
-[
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/blang/semver";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/blang/semver";
-      rev = "v3.5.1";
-      sha256 = "13ws259bwcibkclbr82ilhk6zadm63kxklxhk12wayklj8ghhsmy";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/chzyer/logex";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/chzyer/logex";
-      rev = "v1.1.10";
-      sha256 = "08pbjj3wx9acavlwyr055isa8a5hnmllgdv5k6ra60l5y1brmlq4";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/chzyer/readline";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/chzyer/readline";
-      rev = "2972be24d48e";
-      sha256 = "104q8dazj8yf6b089jjr82fy9h1g80zyyzvp3g8b44a7d8ngjj6r";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/chzyer/test";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/chzyer/test";
-      rev = "a1ea475d72b1";
-      sha256 = "0rns2aqk22i9xsgyap0pq8wi4cfaxsri4d9q6xxhhyma8jjsnj2k";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/davecgh/go-spew";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/davecgh/go-spew";
-      rev = "v1.1.1";
-      sha256 = "0hka6hmyvp701adzag2g26cxdj47g21x6jz4sc6jjz1mn59d474y";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/dustin/go-humanize";
-    fetch = {
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-      url = "https://github.com/dustin/go-humanize";
-      rev = "v1.0.0";
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-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/gdamore/encoding";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/gdamore/encoding";
-      rev = "v1.0.0";
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-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/go-errors/errors";
-    fetch = {
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-      url = "https://github.com/go-errors/errors";
-      rev = "v1.0.1";
-      sha256 = "0rznpknk19rxkr7li6dqs52c26pjazp69lh493l4ny4sxn5922lp";
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-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/kballard/go-shellquote";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/kballard/go-shellquote";
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-      sha256 = "1rspvmnsikdq95jmx3dykxd4k1rmgl98ryjrysvl0cf18hl1vq80";
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