diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cln/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cln/default.nix
index 5c5edea0faec..23bbd84a2096 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/cln/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cln/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchgit, gmp }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, gmp }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "cln";
   version = "1.3.6";
 
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "git://www.ginac.de/cln.git";
-    rev = "cln_${builtins.replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "-" ] version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-P32F4TIDhE2Dwzydq8iFK6ch3kICJcXeeXHs5PBQG88=";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "${meta.homepage}${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0jlq9l4hphk7qqlgqj9ihjp4m3rwjbhk6q4v00lsbgbri07574pl";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ gmp ];