diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vt/vte/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vt/vte/package.nix
index 8d19671fc6c4..08aeea7a832a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vt/vte/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vt/vte/package.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   stdenv,
   lib,
-  fetchFromGitLab,
+  fetchurl,
   fetchpatch,
   gettext,
   pkg-config,
@@ -34,19 +34,16 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "vte";
-  version = "0.78.2";
+  version = "0.78.3";
 
   outputs = [
     "out"
     "dev"
   ] ++ lib.optional (gtkVersion != null) "devdoc";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitLab {
-    domain = "gitlab.gnome.org";
-    owner = "GNOME";
-    repo = "vte";
-    rev = finalAttrs.version;
-    hash = "sha256-ZUECInBRNYkXJtGveLq8SR6YdWqJA0y9UJSxmc8mVNk=";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/vte/${lib.versions.majorMinor finalAttrs.version}/vte-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.xz";
+    hash = "sha256-l+KsOie8V1U1iiI/VfWiUYZUqgNhv8YaGWwcLgh5jv8=";
   };
 
   patches = [