diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pycodestyle/template b/srcpkgs/python3-pycodestyle/template
index bb0b83691ad..88f92f2d328 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-pycodestyle/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-pycodestyle/template
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ maintainer="Michal Vasilek <michal@vasilek.cz>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/PyCQA/pycodestyle"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PyCQA/pycodestyle/main/CHANGES.txt"
-distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/pycodestyle/pycodestyle-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=259bcc17857d8a8b3b4a2327324b79e5f020a13c16074670f9c8c8f872ea76d0
-make_check=no # needs tox for testing
+distfiles="https://github.com/PyCQA/pycodestyle/archive/refs/tags/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=757a3dba55dce2ae8b01fe7b46c20cd1e4c0fe794fe6119bce66b942f35e2db0
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE