diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/desktop/rarian/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/desktop/rarian/default.nix
index adbea4c8477f..484e58568721 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/desktop/rarian/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/desktop/rarian/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "${pname}-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${gnome3.versionBranch version}/${name}.tar.xz";
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${gnome3.versionBranch version}/${name}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "aafe886d46e467eb3414e91fa9e42955bd4b618c3e19c42c773026b205a84577";
   };