diff --git a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
index 91ab97a941..ae3f3fb70a 100644
--- a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
+++ b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@
 # USA
 
 # TARGETS
-NCURSES_VERSION = 5.8
+NCURSES_VERSION = 5.7
 NCURSES_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/ncurses
-NCURSES_SOURCE = ncurses-$(NCURSES_VERSION).tar.gz
 NCURSES_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 NCURSES_CONF_OPT = \