diff --git a/guix/download.scm b/guix/download.scm
index 3f9263d757583cba0a01303d33ada1fe0acb9253..181bf4581395d4b88989400a7ff904630a81995a 100644
--- a/guix/download.scm
+++ b/guix/download.scm
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ (define %mirrors
        "ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/"
        ,@(map (cut string-append <> "/gcc") gnu-mirrors))
       (gnupg
-       "ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/privacy/gnupg/"
+       "http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/privacy/gnupg/"
        "ftp://mirrors.dotsrc.org/gcrypt/"
        "ftp://mirror.cict.fr/gnupg/"
        "http://artfiles.org/gnupg.org"