diff --git a/srcpkgs/youtube-dl/template b/srcpkgs/youtube-dl/template
index 221c37ae561..e5d095a9dce 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/youtube-dl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/youtube-dl/template
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 # Template file for 'youtube-dl'
 pkgname=youtube-dl
-version=2013.08.23
+version=2013.08.27
 revision=1
 makedepends="python"
 short_desc="Tool to download youtube videos"
 maintainer="pancake <pancake@nopcode.org>"
 license="Public Domain"
 homepage="http://rg3.github.com/youtube-dl/"
-distfiles="http://youtube-dl.org/downloads/$version/$pkgname"
-checksum="88ac4140f5198ed24c908b29c4d7aa382d1b2871b4ad08a564180a5d809d265a"
-noextract=yes
-noarch=yes
-create_srcdir=yes
+
+do_fetch() {
+	git clone -b${version} git://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl.git ${pkgname}-${version}
+}
 
 do_install() {
-	vinstall ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${pkgname}-${version}/youtube-dl 755 usr/bin
+	vinstall youtube-dl 755 usr/bin
 }
 
 youtube-dl_package() {