diff --git a/pkgs/getopt/getopt.fix b/pkgs/getopt/getopt.fix
index ffe1979b2789..0ba80e51db5c 100644
--- a/pkgs/getopt/getopt.fix
+++ b/pkgs/getopt/getopt.fix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Package(
   , ("build", Relative("getopt/getopt-build.sh"))
 
   , ("src", Call(IncludeFix("fetchurl/fetchurl.fix"),
-      [ ("url", "http://huizen.dds.nl/~frodol/getopt-1.1.3.tar.gz`")
+      [ ("url", "http://huizen.dds.nl/~frodol/getopt-1.1.3.tar.gz")
       , ("md5", "7b7637dcb0ac531f1af29f4d6b018e86")
       ]))