diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/hello/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/hello/default.nix
index bd7bcd8a3b0..676d10d06ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/hello/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/hello/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   version = "2.12";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnu/hello/${finalAttrs.pname}-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
+    url = "mirror://gnu/hello/hello-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "1ayhp9v4m4rdhjmnl2bq3cibrbqqkgjbl3s7yk2nhlh8vj3ay16g";
   };