diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-extras/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-extras/default.nix
index f8ac8c385e60..abd9013b6b03 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-extras/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-extras/default.nix
@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "git-extras-${version}";
-  version = "4.2.0";
+  version = "4.4.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/tj/git-extras/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0pr2vf5rajkwjm45zvnwkc13kvk3kyr18axxvmm8drsqdkr8lrjk";
+    sha256 = "0vb8syyr5nbvmkj5g4rb1p8rqxb2hyl25gbyf4rd0b972d7iihhn";
   };
 
-  phases = [ "unpackPhase" "installPhase" ];
+  dontBuild = true;
 
-  makeFlags = "DESTDIR=$(out) PREFIX=";
+  installFlags = [ "DESTDIR=$(out) PREFIX=" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://github.com/tj/git-extras;