diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/pecita/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/pecita/default.nix
index b57cf22569d2..a90ff42a8e2a 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/pecita/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/pecita/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,24 @@
-{stdenv, fetchzip}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 let
+
   version = "5.4";
-in fetchzip rec {
+
+in
+
+fetchurl rec {
   name = "pecita-${version}";
 
-  url = "http://archive.rycee.net/pecita/${name}.tar.xz";
+  url = "http://pecita.eu/b/Pecita.otf";
+
+  downloadToTemp = true;
 
   postFetch = ''
-    tar xJvf $downloadedFile --strip-components=1
     mkdir -p $out/share/fonts/opentype
-    cp -v Pecita.otf $out/share/fonts/opentype/Pecita.otf
+    cp -v $downloadedFile $out/share/fonts/opentype/Pecita.otf
   '';
 
+  recursiveHash = true;
   sha256 = "0pwm20f38lcbfkdqkpa2ydpc9kvmdg0ifc4h2dmipsnwbcb5rfwm";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {