diff --git a/packages/devel/pcre/package.mk b/packages/devel/pcre/package.mk
index 140d23894c..25322acb12 100644
--- a/packages/devel/pcre/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/pcre/package.mk
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.pcre.org/"
-PKG_URL="ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_URL="http://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
 PKG_DEPENDS_HOST=""
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"