diff --git a/pkgs/servers/exhibitor/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/exhibitor/default.nix
index 4d6a09ed1b75..fce258a8ebae 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/exhibitor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/exhibitor/default.nix
@@ -1,41 +1,36 @@
-{ fetchFromGitHub, maven, jdk, makeWrapper, lib, stdenv, ... }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+{ lib, javaPackages, fetchFromGitHub, maven, makeWrapper, jdk }:
+
+javaPackages.mavenfod rec {
   pname = "exhibitor";
   version = "1.5.6";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "soabase";
     repo = "exhibitor";
-    sha256 = "07vikhkldxy51jbpy3jgva6wz75jksch6bjd6dqkagfgqd6baw45";
-    rev = "5fcdb411d06e8638c2380f7acb72a8a6909739cd";
-  };
-  mavenDependenciesSha256 = "sha256-oGd8PFF1Z9BElNsgqbC/llQm8j/T+T01VwvSw3tTU0E=";
-  # This is adapted from https://github.com/volth/nixpkgs/blob/6aa470dfd57cae46758b62010a93c5ff115215d7/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/hadoop/default.nix#L20-L32
-  fetchedMavenDeps = stdenv.mkDerivation {
-    name = "exhibitor-${version}-maven-deps";
-    inherit src nativeBuildInputs;
-    buildPhase = ''
-      cd ${pomFileDir};
-      while timeout --kill-after=21m 20m mvn package -Dmaven.repo.local=$out/.m2; [ $? = 124 ]; do
-        echo "maven hangs while downloading :("
-      done
-    '';
-    installPhase = ''find $out/.m2 -type f \! -regex '.+\(pom\|jar\|xml\|sha1\)' -delete''; # delete files with lastModified timestamps inside
-    outputHashAlgo = "sha256";
-    outputHashMode = "recursive";
-    outputHash = mavenDependenciesSha256;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-PZRT2C4CfYCbaHE9tEnwpyzEsJ6ZaS//zUDweR4YKrI=";
   };
 
   # The purpose of this is to fetch the jar file out of public Maven and use Maven
   # to build a monolithic, standalone jar, rather than build everything from source
   # (given the state of Maven support in Nix). We're not actually building any java
   # source here.
-  pomFileDir = "exhibitor-standalone/src/main/resources/buildscripts/standalone/maven";
+  sourceRoot = "source/exhibitor-standalone/src/main/resources/buildscripts/standalone/maven";
+  mvnFetchExtraArgs = {
+    inherit sourceRoot;
+  };
+  mvnHash = "sha256-xhLnjtaF5eFUuBo5aHdp0j2sPfxYhFEZYJwVQlkqARs=";
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ maven makeWrapper ];
-  buildPhase = ''
-      cd ${pomFileDir}
-      mvn package --offline -Dmaven.repo.local=$(cp -dpR ${fetchedMavenDeps}/.m2 ./ && chmod +w -R .m2 && pwd)/.m2
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    mkdir -p $out/share/java
+    filename=$(basename target/*.jar)
+    mv target/$filename $out/share/java/
+    makeWrapper ${jdk}/bin/java $out/bin/startExhibitor.sh --add-flags "-jar $out/share/java/$filename" --suffix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ jdk ]}
   '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "ZooKeeper co-process for instance monitoring, backup/recovery, cleanup and visualization";
     homepage = "https://github.com/soabase/exhibitor";
@@ -44,12 +39,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     mainProgram = "startExhibitor.sh";
     platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    mkdir -p $out/share/java
-    mv target/$name.jar $out/share/java/
-    makeWrapper ${jdk}/bin/java $out/bin/startExhibitor.sh --add-flags "-jar $out/share/java/$name.jar" --suffix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ jdk ]}
-  '';
-
 }