diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/irrlicht/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/irrlicht/default.nix
index bc3e1a20abb..336f446cdf1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/irrlicht/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/irrlicht/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
-{ fetchsvn, stdenv, mesa, unzip, libXrandr, libX11, libXxf86vm }:
+{ stdenv, fetchzip, mesa, unzip, libXrandr, libX11, libXxf86vm }:
 
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "irrlicht-${version}-svn-${revision}";
-  version = "1.8";
-  revision = "5104"; # newest revision as of 05-16-15
+  name = "irrlicht-${version}";
+  version = "1.8.4";
 
-  src = fetchsvn {
-    url = "https://svn.code.sf.net/p/irrlicht/code/branches/releases/${version}"; # get 1.8 release (same regardless of rev)
-    rev = "${revision}";
-    sha256 = "18xvlrjf113mphf29iy24hmrkh7xff6j9cz0chrxjqbr9xk9h1yq";
+  src = fetchzip {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/irrlicht/${name}.zip";
+    sha256 = "02sq067fn4xpf0lcyb4vqxmm43qg2nxx770bgrl799yymqbvih5f";
   };
 
   preConfigure = ''