diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cvc4/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cvc4/default.nix
index df7eac02513c..6b213226635d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cvc4/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cvc4/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cln, gmp, swig, pkgconfig, readline, libantlr3c,
-boost, jdk, autoreconfHook, python2, antlr3_4 }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cln, gmp, swig, pkgconfig
+, readline, libantlr3c, boost, jdk, autoreconfHook
+, python2, antlr3_4
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "cvc4-unstable-${version}";
-  version = "2017-05-18";
+  name = "cvc4-${version}";
+  version = "1.5";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "CVC4";
-    repo = "CVC4";
-    rev = "d77107cc56b0a089364c3d1512813701c155ea93";
-    sha256 = "085bjrrm33rl5pwqx13af9sgni9cfbg70wag6lm08jj41ws411xs";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://cvc4.cs.stanford.edu/downloads/builds/src/cvc4-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0yxxawgc9vd2cz883swjlm76rbdkj48n7a8dfppsami530y2rvhi";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--with-readline"
     "--with-boost=${boost.dev}"
   ];
+
   preConfigure = ''
     patchShebangs ./src/
   '';