diff --git a/gnu/packages/boost.scm b/gnu/packages/boost.scm
index b0af7fb50f..4f95ae7897 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/boost.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/boost.scm
@@ -324,10 +324,9 @@ across a broad spectrum of applications.")
     (version "1.59.0")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append
-                    "mirror://sourceforge/boost/boost/" version "/boost_"
-                    (string-map (lambda (x) (if (eq? x #\.) #\_ x)) version)
-                    ".tar.bz2"))
+              (uri (string-append "https://archives.boost.io/release/"
+                                  version "/source/boost_"
+                                  (version-with-underscores version) ".tar.bz2"))
               (sha256
                (base32
                 "1jj1aai5rdmd72g90a3pd8sw9vi32zad46xv5av8fhnr48ir6ykj"))))