diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/cjdns/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/cjdns/default.nix
index 906ca5f39dd3..2ccfbb816fba 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/cjdns/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/cjdns/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,12 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, nodejs, which, python27, utillinux }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, nodejs, which, python27, utillinux }:
 
-let
-  version = "16"; # see ${src}/util/version/Version.h
-  date = "20150509";
-in
+let version = "17.3"; in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "cjdns-${version}-${date}";
+  name = "cjdns-"+version;
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "cjdelisle";
-    repo = "cjdns";
-    rev = "a05ade40dc31caebaf3aa770aac3ab2ecb02d867";
-    sha256 = "07vwsw5d0sdxypl187cyzzdrv0chf4yyjxcymf847afkfr249n29";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/archive/cjdns-v${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "00p62y7b89y3piirpj27crprji8nh0zv7zh4mcqhzh6r39jxz4ri";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ which python27 nodejs ] ++
@@ -35,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     homepage = https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns;
     description = "Encrypted networking for regular people";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ viric ehmry ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ehmry ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
 }