diff --git a/srcpkgs/qjson/template b/srcpkgs/qjson/template
index cea1f6fd20a..4bdb51bcea8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qjson/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qjson/template
@@ -3,16 +3,14 @@ pkgname=qjson
 version=0.8.1
 revision=3
 build_style=cmake
-hostmakedepends="cmake git"
+hostmakedepends="cmake"
 makedepends="qt-devel"
 short_desc="A QT-based library that maps JSON data to QVariant objects"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://qjson.sourceforge.net"
-
-do_fetch() {
-	git clone -b${version} git://github.com/flavio/qjson.git ${pkgname}-${version}
-}
+distfiles="https://github.com/flavio/qjson/archive/$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=920c94166cb91b1cf11c7d2745bdbcc8c0ea82411ca7b3732ce0b00ee2d56e98
 
 qjson-devel_package() {
 	depends="qt-devel ${sourcepkg}>=${version}"