diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix
index c1ca6421116..58df85332ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "3.0.11.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://get.videolan.org/vlc/${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
+    url = "http://get.videolan.org/vlc/${version}/vlc-${version}.tar.xz";
     sha256 = "1f46h0hv7fk35zg4iczlp7ib7h2jmh8m4r5klw3g2558ib9134qq";
   };