diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/metamath/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/metamath/default.nix
index 686cfee19a6d..3de211915122 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/metamath/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/metamath/default.nix
@@ -2,21 +2,23 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "metamath";
-  version = "0.172";
+  version = "0.178";
 
   buildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
 
-  # This points to my own repository because there is no official repository
-  # for metamath; there's a download location but it gets updated in place with
-  # no permanent link. See discussion at
-  # https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/metamath/N4WEWQQVUfY
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "Taneb";
-    repo = "metamath";
-    rev = "43141cd17638f8efb409dc5d46e7de6a6c39ec42";
-    sha256 = "07c7df0zl0wsb0pvdgkwikpr8kz7fi3mshxzk61vkamyp68djjb5";
+    owner = "metamath";
+    repo = "metamath-exe";
+    rev = "4f59d60aeb03f92aea3cc7ecf5a2c0fcf08900a5";
+    sha256 = "0nrl4nzp6rm2sn365xyjf3g5l5fl58kca7rq08lqyz5gla0wgfcf";
   };
 
+  # the files necessary to build the DATA target are not in this distribution
+  # luckily, they're not really needed so we don't build it.
+  makeFlags = [ "DATA=" ];
+
+  installTargets = "install-exec";
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Interpreter for the metamath proof language";
     longDescription = ''