diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/ed/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/ed/default.nix
index ea8b2b27987..0c764fcf8f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/ed/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/ed/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, lzip }:
+{ fetchurl, stdenv }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.10";
-  name = "ed-${version}";
+  name = "ed-1.9";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnu/ed/${name}.tar.lz";
-    sha256 = "16kycdm5fcvpdr41hxb2da8da6jzs9dqznsg5552z6rh28n0jh4m";
+    url = "mirror://gnu/ed/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "122syihsx2hwzj75mkf5a9ssiky2xby748kp4cc00wzhmp7p5cym";
   };
 
   /* FIXME: Tests currently fail on Darwin:
@@ -24,8 +23,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     compileFlags = [ "CC=${stdenv.cross.config}-gcc" ];
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ lzip ];
-
   meta = {
     description = "An implementation of the standard Unix editor";
 
@@ -41,7 +38,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
 
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+
     homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/ed/;
-    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ fuuzetsu ];
+
+    maintainers = [ ];
   };
 }