diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpng/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpng/default.nix
index f420b961000..7756e52e092 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpng/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpng/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ assert zlib != null;
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "libpng-1.2.10";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/libpng/png/src/libpng-1.2.10.tar.bz2;
+    url = ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/libpng/png/src/history/libpng-1.2.10.tar.bz2;
     md5 = "4f23eebd59ddd01a8f91ff8c823dd7d6";
   };
   propagatedBuildInputs = [zlib];