diff --git a/packages/tools/syslinux/meta b/packages/tools/syslinux/meta
index ceca50af21..fd9c8432e8 100644
--- a/packages/tools/syslinux/meta
+++ b/packages/tools/syslinux/meta
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
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 PKG_NAME="syslinux"
-PKG_VERSION="5.00"
+PKG_VERSION="4.06"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="i386 x86_64"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://syslinux.zytor.com/"
-PKG_URL="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/$PKG_NAME/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
+PKG_URL="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/$PKG_NAME/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
 PKG_DEPENDS=""
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain util-linux e2fsprogs"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"