diff --git a/nongnu/packages/fonts.scm b/nongnu/packages/fonts.scm
index bdc02cdc..afe2b475 100644
--- a/nongnu/packages/fonts.scm
+++ b/nongnu/packages/fonts.scm
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (guix build-system font)
   #:use-module (guix build-system copy)
+  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
   #:use-module (nonguix licenses))
 
 (define mscorefont
@@ -293,21 +294,22 @@ automatically align with text labels."))
 (define-public font-apple-color-emoji
   (package
     (name "font-apple-color-emoji")
-    (version "18.0d4e1")
+    (version "17.4")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (string-append
-             "https://github.com/pharcosyle/apple-fonts"
-             "/releases/download"
-             "/Apple-Color-Emoji-" version "/Apple.Color.Emoji.ttc"))
+             "https://github.com/samuelngs/apple-emoji-linux"
+             "/releases/download/v" version "/AppleColorEmoji.ttf"))
        (sha256
-        (base32 "06i1ady7b2g1i2hl3f8yxn64g2i82c2ni9vdw25gpdqdj28vyqw3"))))
+        (base32 "1wahjmbfm1xgm58madvl21451a04gxham5vz67gqz1cvpi0cjva8"))))
     (build-system font-build-system)
-    (home-page "https://www.apple.com")
-    (synopsis "Apple Color Emoji typeface by Apple.")
-    (description "Color and black-and-white Apple emoji fonts.")
-    (license (nonfree "https://www.apple.com"))))
+    (home-page "https://github.com/samuelngs/apple-emoji-linux")
+    (synopsis "Apple Color Emoji for Linux")
+    (description "A color typeface used by iOS and macOS to display emoji.")
+    (license
+     (list license:asl2.0
+           (nonfree "https://www.apple.com")))))
 
 (define-public font-apple-symbols
   (package