diff --git a/pkgs/misc/cups/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/cups/default.nix
index 3c3a8d3d53a..8a9efdedcf9 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/cups/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/cups/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, zlib, libjpeg, libpng, libtiff, pam, openssl
 , dbus, libusb, acl }:
 
-let version = "1.5.0"; in
+let version = "1.4.7"; in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "cups-${version}";
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://ftp.easysw.com/pub/cups/${version}/cups-${version}-source.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0czc0bmrm31jy03inm6w2mbr5s9q9xk6s1x5x4kddx2qlml9pyf6";
+    sha256 = "1xlnkdqldq81pdqgisqbyh92k249bzz35m1f5bp4la06p00ksvjf";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig zlib libjpeg libpng libtiff pam dbus libusb acl ];