diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libevent/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libevent/default.nix
index 19878a24e956..284a09bc9275 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libevent/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libevent/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, python, findutils }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, python, findutils }:
 
 let version = "2.0.22"; in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "libevent-${version}";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "libevent";
-    repo = "libevent";
-    rev = "release-${version}-stable";
-    sha256 = "1x2437af9j870i7l37dav1i2g9z93lbz406kyimx4nq5qcx5463p";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/levent/libevent-${version}-stable.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "18qz9qfwrkakmazdlwxvjmw8p76g70n3faikwvdwznns1agw9hki";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];