diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/2.3.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/2.2.x.nix
similarity index 98%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/2.3.x.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/2.2.x.nix
index 2b4b0569b552..51a6bb8c880c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/2.3.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/2.2.x.nix
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "2.3.3";
+  version = "2.2.11";
   name = "ffmpeg-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.ffmpeg.org/releases/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0ik4c06anh49r5b0d3rq9if4zl6ysjsa341655kzw22fl880sk5v";
+    sha256 = "06sli7xvihh97ss6a2mkdq4dcj3rg1w8zffrmjfc1hvyjxhc8f2r";
   };
 
   subtitleSupport = config.ffmpeg.subtitle or true;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 60342cdda03f..1700756c467a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5115,7 +5115,7 @@ let
     vpxSupport = !stdenv.isMips;
   };
 
-  ffmpeg_2_3 = callPackage ../development/libraries/ffmpeg/2.3.x.nix { };
+  ffmpeg_2_2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/ffmpeg/2.2.x.nix { };
 
   ffmpeg_2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/ffmpeg/2.x.nix { };
 
@@ -11071,7 +11071,7 @@ let
   };
 
   vlc = callPackage ../applications/video/vlc {
-    ffmpeg = ffmpeg_2_3;
+    ffmpeg = ffmpeg_2_2;
   };
 
   vmpk = callPackage ../applications/audio/vmpk { };