diff --git a/srcpkgs/nim/template b/srcpkgs/nim/template
index 0f3816fa227..6eda0dc8aa2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nim/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nim/template
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'nim'
 pkgname=nim
 version=0.11.2
-# version of the c-bootstrapping code
-_cversion=0.9.4
 revision=1
 depends="gcc"
 hostmakedepends="libzip git ed"
@@ -10,12 +8,16 @@ short_desc="The Nim programming language"
 maintainer="allan <mail@may.mooo.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://nim-lang.org/"
-distfiles="https://github.com/Araq/Nim/archive/v${version}.tar.gz
- https://github.com/nim-lang/csources/archive/v${_cversion}.tar.gz"
-checksum="8b46ca59461f870471060dcaff535c7203937c7ae67856f1ba027d000b5fa4c6
- e0b1a2d36e05dfea29948a76bdb052de183dd9bd99a8fecf0fce9ddad00476c4"
+distfiles="https://github.com/Araq/Nim/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=8b46ca59461f870471060dcaff535c7203937c7ae67856f1ba027d000b5fa4c6
 wrksrc=Nim-$version
 
+post_extract() {
+	cd $wrksrc
+	test -d csources ||
+	git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/nim-lang/csources
+}
+
 do_build() {
 	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 		arm*)