diff --git a/srcpkgs/efivar/template b/srcpkgs/efivar/template
index 09647c6fb9d..5759ed157ea 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/efivar/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/efivar/template
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'efivar'
 pkgname=efivar
 version=0.15
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="git"
 makedepends="popt-devel"
 short_desc="Tools to manipulate EFI variables"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
@@ -12,9 +11,9 @@ homepage="https://github.com/vathpela/efivar"
 
 only_for_archs="i686 i686-musl x86_64 x86_64-musl"
 
-do_fetch() {
-	git clone -b ${version} git://github.com/vathpela/efivar ${pkgname}-${version}
-}
+distfiles="https://github.com/rhinstaller/$pkgname/archive/$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=8e5a45ebbd116a96a43176e96b211c73f3ec8452da3bd0ce75a5716f86d4343f
+
 do_configure() {
 	sed 's|-rpath=$(TOPDIR)/src/|-rpath=$(libdir)|g' -i src/test/Makefile
         sed "s|-O0|${CFLAGS}|g" -i Make.defaults