diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/tribler/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/tribler/default.nix
index a8d360c41564..8e99d5159f87 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/tribler/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/tribler/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchgit {
     url = "https://github.com/Tribler/tribler";
-    rev = "v${revision}";
+    rev = revision;
     sha256 = "16mk76qgg7fgca11yvpygicxqbkc0kn6r82x73fly2310pagd845";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };