diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libctemplate/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libctemplate/default.nix
index 142025c1e51d..d2c202b970a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libctemplate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libctemplate/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchsvn, python }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, python }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "ctemplate-${version}";
 
   version = "2.3";
 
-  src = fetchsvn {
-    url = "http://ctemplate.googlecode.com/svn/tags/${name}";
-    sha256 = "1kvh82mhazf4qz7blnv0rcax7vi524dmz6v6rp89z2h3qjilbvc7";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/OlafvdSpek/ctemplate/archive/ctemplate-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0mi5g2xlws10z1g4x0cj6kd1r673kkav35pgzyqxa1w47xnwprcr";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ python ];