diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hwdata/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hwdata/default.nix
index b058aa692f0f..8ebce1965301 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hwdata/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hwdata/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "hwdata-${version}";
-  version = "0.300";
+  version = "0.308";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/repo/pkgs/hwdata/v0.300.tar.gz/sha512/34294fcf65c3cb17c19d625732d1656ec1992dde254a68ee35681ad2f310bc05028a85889efa2c1d1e8a2d10885ccc00185475a00f6f2fb82d07e2349e604a51/v0.300.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "03xlj05qyixhnsybq1qnr7j5q2nvirs4jxpgg4sbw8swsqj3dgqi";
+    url = "https://github.com/vcrhonek/hwdata/archive/v0.308.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "17zcwplw41dfwb2l9jfgvm65rjzlsbv30f56d6vgiix042f92vcq";
   };
 
   preConfigure = "patchShebangs ./configure";