diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index aabd4eebd90..2537011f98f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7351,16 +7351,18 @@ let
 
 
   mechanize = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    name = "mechanize-0.1.11";
+    name = "mechanize-0.2.5";
     disabled = isPy3k;
 
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/mechanize/src/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1h62mwy4iz09jqz17nrb9j8y0djd500zdfqwrz9xmdwqzqwixkj2";
+      url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/m/mechanize/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "0rj7r166i1dyrq0ihm5rijfmvhs8a04im28lv05c0c3v206v4rrf";
     };
 
     propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ clientform ];
 
+    doCheck = false;
+
     meta = {
       description = "Stateful programmatic web browsing in Python";