diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 17b07a1102..c10fb01bb3 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -593,6 +593,7 @@ GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES =				\
   %D%/packages/suckless.scm			\
   %D%/packages/sugar.scm			\
   %D%/packages/swig.scm				\
+  %D%/packages/sycl.scm				\
   %D%/packages/sync.scm			\
   %D%/packages/syncthing.scm			\
   %D%/packages/synergy.scm			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/sycl.scm b/gnu/packages/sycl.scm
index 82fb59ec82..d8454cff35 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/sycl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/sycl.scm
@@ -17,11 +17,7 @@
 ;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 (define-module (gnu packages sycl)
-  #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
   #:use-module (guix build-system cmake)
-  #:use-module (guix build-system python)
-  #:use-module (guix download)
-  #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (guix git-download)
   #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
@@ -43,18 +39,20 @@ (define-public opensycl
     (name "opensycl")
     (version "0.9.4")
     (source (origin
-              (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "https://github.com/OpenSYCL/OpenSYCL/"
-                                  "archive/refs/tags/v" version ".tar.gz"))
+              (method git-fetch)
+              (uri (git-reference
+                    (url "https://github.com/OpenSYCL/OpenSYCL/")
+                    (commit (string-append "v" version))))
+              (file-name (git-file-name name version))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1i2i7r16k2kyjp4yrjp0ywnavr8aa6pfcrwb5xp9c4n8j4qm6qk2"))))
+                "0nynb93b68ghn1i1bsjvbbxpnh5b1yiw9jhhww1q1gi7w182x2g5"))))
     (build-system cmake-build-system)
     (native-inputs (list clang-15 llvm-15 python spirv-tools))
     (inputs (list boost rocm-opencl-runtime spirv-headers))
     (arguments `(#:tests? #f)) ; no tests
     (home-page "https://github.com/OpenSYCL/OpenSYCL")
-    (synopsis "Modern SYCL implementation")
+    (synopsis "Implementation of the SYCL programming language for accelerators")
     (description
      "Open SYCL is a modern SYCL implementation targeting CPUs and GPUs from all
 major vendors that supports many use cases and approaches for implementing SYCL")