diff --git a/guix/download.scm b/guix/download.scm
index 8dcfc7cb9ae550770b95ca53794fd9a5b167bacb..ea00798b4b93ffb32528d7f7b65b6dcd7d7bf2a1 100644
--- a/guix/download.scm
+++ b/guix/download.scm
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ (define %mirrors
             "http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/"
 
             "ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/gnu/"
-            "ftp://ftp.chg.ru/pub/gnu/"
             "ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.gnu.org/gnu/"
 
             ;; This one is the master repository, and thus it's always