diff --git a/general/genlib/popt.xml b/general/genlib/popt.xml
index 41d1cbf458..aaad488316 100644
--- a/general/genlib/popt.xml
+++ b/general/genlib/popt.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
   %general-entities;
 
-  <!ENTITY popt-download-http "http://ftp.rpm.org/mirror/popt/popt-&popt-version;.tar.gz">
+  <!ENTITY popt-download-http "http://ftp.rpm.org/popt/releases/popt-1.x/popt-1.18.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY popt-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/popt/releases/popt-1.x/popt-&popt-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY popt-md5sum        "450f2f636e6a3aa527de803d0ae76c5a">
   <!ENTITY popt-size          "567 kB">