diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix
index 5591f64cee94..34520e92a9ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ let
   common = rec {
     src = fetchurl {
       url = # "ftp://tug.org/historic/systems/texlive/${year}/"
-        "http://lipa.ms.mff.cuni.cz/~cunav5am/nix/texlive-2016" # FIXME: a proper mirror
+      #"http://lipa.ms.mff.cuni.cz/~cunav5am/nix/texlive-2016"
+      # FIXME: a proper mirror, though tarballs.nixos.org saves this case ATM
+        http://146.185.144.154/texlive-2016
         + "/texlive-${year}0523b-source.tar.xz";
       sha256 = "1v91vahxlxkdra0qz3f132vvx5d9cx2jy84yl1hkch0agyj2rcx8";
     };
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix
index 692f6b1772c7..13eb90c77af3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ let
 
       url = args.url or "${urlPrefix}/${urlName}.tar.xz";
       urlPrefix = args.urlPrefix or
-        http://lipa.ms.mff.cuni.cz/~cunav5am/nix/texlive-2016;
+        http://146.185.144.154/texlive-2016
+        #http://lipa.ms.mff.cuni.cz/~cunav5am/nix/texlive-2016
+        ;
       # XXX XXX XXX FIXME: mirror the snapshot XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX
       #  ("${mirror}/pub/tex/historic/systems/texlive/${bin.texliveYear}/tlnet-final/archive");
       #mirror = "http://ftp.math.utah.edu";