diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xfontsel/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/xfontsel/default.nix
index 3179e1f34401..b159dd282e23 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/xfontsel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xfontsel/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "xfontsel-1.0.2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.x.org/releases/individual/app/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    url = "mirror://xorg/individual/app/${name}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "1a86a08sf0wjrki9ydh7hr5qf6hrixc4ljlxizakjzmx20wvlrks";
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xlsfonts/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/xlsfonts/default.nix
index 8fe930ce9a50..879f5ae568cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/xlsfonts/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xlsfonts/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "xlsfonts-1.0.2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.x.org/releases/individual/app/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    url = "mirror://xorg/individual/app/${name}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "070iym754g3mf9x6xczl4gdnpvlk6rdyl1ndwhpjl21vg2dm2vnc";
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xcompmgr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xcompmgr/default.nix
index 3e402b05b94c..930b612f6914 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xcompmgr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xcompmgr/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "xcompmgr-1.1.6";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.x.org/releases/individual/app/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    url = "mirror://xorg/individual/app/${name}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "c98949d36793b30ed1ed47495c87a05fa245ac0fc2857d2abc54979124687c02";
   };
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libXcomposite libXfixes libXdamage libXrender libXext ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/editres/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/editres/default.nix
index 50f81c3ea4de..64222185044d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/editres/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/editres/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "editres-1.0.6";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/app/${name}.tar.gz";
+    url = "mirror://xorg/individual/app/${name}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "06kv7dmw6pzlqc46dbh8k9xpb6sn4ihh0bcpxq0zpvw2lm66dx45";
   };