diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/victor-mono/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/victor-mono/default.nix
index 45873e1b7f96..11d3f1d25bae 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/victor-mono/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/victor-mono/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 { lib, fetchzip }:
 
 let
-  version = "1.5.2";
+  version = "1.5.3";
 in
 fetchzip {
   name = "victor-mono-${version}";
+  stripRoot = false;
 
   # Upstream prefers we download from the website,
   # but we really insist on a more versioned resource.
@@ -16,12 +17,15 @@ fetchzip {
   url = "https://github.com/rubjo/victor-mono/raw/v${version}/public/VictorMonoAll.zip";
 
   postFetch = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/fonts/
-    unzip -j $downloadedFile \*.otf -d $out/share/fonts/opentype
-    unzip -j $downloadedFile \*.ttf -d $out/share/fonts/truetype
+    mkdir -p "$out/share/fonts/"
+
+    mv $out/OTF $out/share/fonts/opentype
+    mv $out/TTF $out/share/fonts/truetype
+
+    rm -r $out/{EOT,WOFF,WOFF2}
   '';
 
-  sha256 = "sha256-cNDZh0P/enmoKL/6eHzkgl5ghtai2K9cTgWMVmm8GIA=";
+  sha256 = "sha256-3TGpUDBJ24NEJb00oaJAHEbjC58bSthohzqM1klVDGA=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Free programming font with cursive italics and ligatures";