diff --git a/gnu/packages/file.scm b/gnu/packages/file.scm
index 0b4cae98ba..a90ab9c98e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/file.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/file.scm
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ (define-module (gnu packages file)
 
 (define-public file
   (package
-   (replacement file/fixed)
    (name "file")
    (version "5.19")
    (source (origin
@@ -46,14 +45,13 @@ (define-public file
    (license bsd-2)
    (home-page "http://www.darwinsys.com/file/")))
 
-(define file/fixed                                ;fix for CVE-2014-3710
-  (let ((real-version "5.20"))
-    (package (inherit file)
-      (source (origin
-                (method url-fetch)
-                (uri (string-append "ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-"
-                                    real-version ".tar.gz"))
-                (sha256
-                 (base32
-                  "0iyjs9z8kp43gz7gva4j67h4p0n53f7q8x3ibai9s01sp3xnphsv"))))
-      (replacement #f))))
+(define-public file-5.20                          ;fix for CVE-2014-3710
+  (package (inherit file)
+    (version "5.20")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-"
+                                  version ".tar.gz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "0iyjs9z8kp43gz7gva4j67h4p0n53f7q8x3ibai9s01sp3xnphsv"))))))