diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/mini-httpd/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/mini-httpd/default.nix
index 5425ffb919f4..7fb6a16dd1c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/mini-httpd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/mini-httpd/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, boost }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "mini-httpd-1.5";
+  name = "mini-httpd-1.6";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://savannah/mini-httpd/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1x4b6x40ymbaamqqq9p97lc0mnah4q7bza04fjs35c8agpm19zir";
+    url = "http://download-mirror.savannah.gnu.org/releases/mini-httpd/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "04azr1qa70l0fnpbx7nmyxz1lkykjjs2b6p4lhkpg86hs3lrmxly";
   };
 
-  configureFlagsArray = [ "CFLAGS=-ansi" ];
-
   buildInputs = [ boost ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;