diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gambit/bootstrap.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gambit/bootstrap.nix
index 8e9525e33842..0bd1dd0237b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gambit/bootstrap.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gambit/bootstrap.nix
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   tarball_version = "v4_9_1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url    = "http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~gambit/download/gambit/v4.9/source/gambit-${tarball_version}-devel.tgz";
-    sha256 = "10kzv568gimp9nzh5xw0h01vw50wi68z3awfp9ibqrpq2l0n7mw7";
+    url    = "http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~gambit/download/gambit/v4.9/source/gambit-${tarball_version}.tgz";
+    sha256 = "14x9xa0yh7187alzw2m937jnh4csj0dyywi3va8bhi7aaw4p5qai";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ autoconf git ];
+  buildInputs = [ autoconf ];
 
   configurePhase = ''
     ./configure --prefix=$out