diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/babl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/babl/default.nix
index 77ddecd71c0f..3449314a3816 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/babl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/babl/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "babl-0.1.4";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/babl/0.1/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    url = "http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/software/gimp/babl/0.1/${name}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "0cz7zw206bb87c0n0h54h4wlkaa3hx3wsia30mgq316y50jk2djv";
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/default.nix
index 8fa87d90be2e..3e7f29ecb6f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gegl-0.1.6";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gegl/0.1/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    url = "http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/software/gimp/gegl/0.1/${name}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "1l966ygss2zkksyw62nm139v2abfzbqqrj0psizvbgzf4mb24rm1";
   };