diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/font-awesome-ttf/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/font-awesome-ttf/default.nix
index bc564a80d923..34548b972442 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/font-awesome-ttf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/font-awesome-ttf/default.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,19 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ stdenv, fetchzip }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "font-awesome-${version}";
+let
   version = "4.7.0";
+in fetchzip rec {
+  name = "font-awesome-${version}";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner  = "FortAwesome";
-    repo   = "Font-Awesome";
-    rev    = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0w30y26jp8nvxa3iiw7ayl6rkza1rz62msl9xw3srvxya1c77grc";
-  };
+  url = "https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/archive/v${version}.zip";
 
-  buildCommand = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/fonts/truetype
-    cp $src/fonts/*.ttf $out/share/fonts/truetype
+  postFetch = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/fonts
+    unzip -j $downloadedFile Font-Awesome-${version}/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.ttf -d $out/share/fonts/truetype
   '';
 
+  sha256 = "0w8y7gxbqiy444phg4jl89kc5hq3jffbkhab8p110qy9jx8s106s";
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Font Awesome - TTF font";
     longDescription = ''