diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/bash-static/bash b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/bash-static/bash
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..77ff01cf186e
Binary files /dev/null and b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/bash-static/bash differ
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/bash-static/bash-2.05b-static.tar.gz b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/bash-static/bash-2.05b-static.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index ff689f7e31a9..000000000000
Binary files a/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/bash-static/bash-2.05b-static.tar.gz and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/bash-static/builder.sh b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/bash-static/builder.sh
index 2ec3a5f9e707..542594297f84 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/bash-static/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/bash-static/builder.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 . $stdenv/setup
  
-tar zxvf $src
 mkdir $out
-cp -a bash-2.05b/* $out
+cp -a $src $out
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/bash-static/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/bash-static/default.nix
index 47e13705b06c..55c9b2faa0eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/bash-static/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/bash-static/default.nix
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "bash-static-2.05b";
   builder = ./builder.sh;
-  src = ./bash-2.05b-static.tar.gz;
+  src = ./bash;
 }