diff --git a/editors/recode/DETAILS b/editors/recode/DETAILS
index 3b5fa22b4d6..7732f653dc8 100644
--- a/editors/recode/DETAILS
+++ b/editors/recode/DETAILS
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
           SOURCE=$MODULE-$VERSION.tar.gz
          SOURCE2=recode-3.6-fixes-1.patch
          SOURCE3=recode-gcc-4.3.x.patch
-      SOURCE_URL=MIRROR_URL
+      SOURCE_URL=$MIRROR_URL
      SOURCE2_URL=$PATCH_URL
      SOURCE3_URL=$PATCH_URL
       SOURCE_VFY=sha1:2de90cd2ba553bc07d75a29913ea4424dd9e616b