diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/continuous-integration/drone/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/continuous-integration/drone/default.nix
index 53ad6f4c2f61..12386ab2c084 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/continuous-integration/drone/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/continuous-integration/drone/default.nix
@@ -1,26 +1,21 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, buildGoPackage, go-bindata, go-bindata-assetfs }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, buildGoModule }:
 
-buildGoPackage rec {
-  pname = "drone.io";
-  version = "0.8.6-20180727-${stdenv.lib.strings.substring 0 7 revision}";
-  revision = "c48150767c2700d35dcc29b110a81c8b5969175e";
+buildGoModule rec {
+  name = "drone.io-${version}";
+  version = "1.3.1";
   goPackagePath = "github.com/drone/drone";
 
-  # These dependencies pulled (in `drone` buildprocess) via Makefile,
-  # so I extracted them here, all revisions pinned by same date, as ${version}
-  goDeps= ./deps.nix;
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ go-bindata go-bindata-assetfs ];
+  modSha256 = "128nnn8axnr30y3r46d11g8qznbsg82z2qw9qbxkq3bja6nz8fn2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "drone";
     repo = "drone";
-    rev = revision;
-    sha256 = "0miq2012nivvr1ysi3aa2xrr5ak3mf0l3drybyc83iycy0kp4bda";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0vp86k1z3r79sx0ln3vndzx8ycf0dbiv7jk56ncmk390iiz2a4g4";
   };
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ avnik vdemeester ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ elohmeier vdemeester ];
     license = licenses.asl20;
     description = "Continuous Integration platform built on container technology";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/continuous-integration/drone/deps.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/continuous-integration/drone/deps.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 86059fba28d9..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/continuous-integration/drone/deps.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/drone/drone-ui";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/drone/drone-ui";
-      rev = "5a497bd6cd5c3c17c53b00d40bcda1bf6f68f475";
-      sha256 = "1666xlz3dg468izfwprg17sgb3f4ppn5sj5klds3wgdfrjjm4v57";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/drone/mq";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/drone/mq";
-      rev = "280af2a3b9c7d9ce90d625150dfff972c6c190b8";
-      sha256 = "10a24yq3ya8mvs7j6m7lqhyws7jd923rnih75ciq1g327qxf743s";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "golang.org/x/net";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/golang/net";
-      rev = "dfa909b99c79129e1100513e5cd36307665e5723";
-      sha256 = "0nsansy1yqy1kzh5wpv3zi85s0chxfq0ha8knhgnfa0wj0k8q0il";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/golang/protobuf";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/golang/protobuf";
-      rev = "b4deda0973fb4c70b50d226b1af49f3da59f5265";
-      sha256 = "0ya4ha7m20bw048m1159ppqzlvda4x0vdprlbk5sdgmy74h3xcdq";
-    };
-  }
-]