diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps/template b/srcpkgs/xbps/template
index f960082729d..91c176360b6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xbps/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps/template
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ makedepends="zlib-devel libressl-devel libarchive-devel"
 depends="xbps-triggers"
 
 if [ "$CHROOT_READY" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends+=" git"
 	makedepends+=" atf-devel"
 	xbps-tests_package() {
 		short_desc+=" - Kyua testsuite"
@@ -24,10 +23,9 @@ if [ "$CHROOT_READY" ]; then
 	}
 
 fi
+distfiles="https://github.com/voidlinux/xbps/archive/$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=34d8b69c006330426fcd00240f7d53425c5581d0635e18f7dfef55e1f7a917d2
 
-do_fetch() {
-	git clone -b${version} git://github.com/voidlinux/xbps ${wrksrc}
-}
 do_configure() {
 	CFLAGS+=" -Wno-error=redundant-decls"
 	HAVE_VASPRINTF=1 ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --enable-debug \