diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/update.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/update.nix
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index 000000000000..d6f1a007faa4
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+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/update.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{ callPackage
+, ...
+}@args:
+
+callPackage ../../browsers/firefox/update.nix ({
+  baseUrl = "http://archive.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbird/releases/";
+} // (builtins.removeAttrs args ["callPackage"]))