diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/fira-code/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/fira-code/default.nix
index 4f0fb1e81c16..a3fac2d69d0b 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/fira-code/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/fira-code/default.nix
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ in fetchzip {
 
   url = "https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/releases/download/${version}/Fira_Code_v${version}.zip";
 
+  # only extract the variable font because everything else is a duplicate
   postFetch = ''
     mkdir -p $out/share/fonts
-    unzip -j $downloadedFile \*.ttf -d $out/share/fonts/truetype
+    unzip -j $downloadedFile '*-VF.ttf' -d $out/share/fonts/truetype
   '';
 
-  sha256 = "16v62wj872ba4w7qxn4l6zjgqh7lrpwh1xax1bp1x9dpz08mnq06";
+  sha256 = "1wbfjgvr9m5azl5w49y0hpqzgcraw6spd1wnxgxlzfx57x6gcw0k";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode";