diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
index 21b2d86f23cb..3cf2f60386fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ let self = _self // overrides;
     pname   = "evil";
     version = "20141020";
     src = fetchgit {
-      url = "https://gitorious.org/evil/evil.git";
+      url = "https://github.com/emacsmirror/evil.git";
       rev = "999ec15587f85100311c031aa8efb5d50c35afe4";
       sha256 = "5f67643d19a31172e68f2f195959d33bcd26c2786eb71e67eb27eb52f5bf387a";
     };