diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-rpi-3.6.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-rpi-3.6.nix
index 0dc6378fff38..b425f2792b4b 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-rpi-3.6.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-rpi-3.6.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 args @ {
-  stdenv, fetchgit, extraConfig ? "" , perl, mktemp, module_init_tools, ...
+  stdenv, fetchurl, extraConfig ? "" , perl, mktemp, module_init_tools, ...
 }:
 
 let
@@ -8,22 +8,24 @@ let
       ${if kernelPlatform ? kernelExtraConfig then kernelPlatform.kernelExtraConfig else ""}
       ${extraConfig}
     '';
+
+  rev = "91a3be5b2b";
 in
 
 import ./generic.nix (
 
   rec {
-    version = "3.6.y";
+    version = "3.6.y-${rev}";
     testing = false;
 
     preConfigure = ''
       substituteInPlace scripts/depmod.sh --replace '-b "$INSTALL_MOD_PATH"' ""
     '';
 
-    src = fetchgit {
-      url = https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux;
-      rev = "6e1f8bce970043a658d15f9350eb85152fd5fc4e";
-      sha256 = "";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "https://api.github.com/repos/raspberrypi/linux/tarball/${rev}";
+      name = "linux-raspberrypi-${version}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "04370b1da7610622372940decdc13ddbba2a58c9da3c3bd3e7df930a399f140d";
     };
 
     config = configWithPlatform stdenv.platform;
@@ -34,8 +36,6 @@ import ./generic.nix (
     #features.needsCifsUtils = true;
     #features.canDisableNetfilterConntrackHelpers = true;
     #features.netfilterRPFilter = true;
-
-    fetchurl = null;
   }
 
   // removeAttrs args ["extraConfig"]
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c7b3a1c128f6..a58ab3471ba9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5901,7 +5901,7 @@ let
   };
 
   linux_3_6_rpi = makeOverridable (import ../os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-rpi-3.6.nix) {
-    inherit fetchgit stdenv perl mktemp module_init_tools ubootChooser;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv perl mktemp module_init_tools ubootChooser;
   };
 
   /* Linux kernel modules are inherently tied to a specific kernel.  So