diff --git a/srcpkgs/boost/template b/srcpkgs/boost/template
index c5449569952..5036b1b369d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/boost/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/boost/template
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'boost'
 pkgname=boost
 version=1.54.0
-revision=2
-_boostver="$(echo $version|sed 's|\.|_|g')"
-wrksrc="${pkgname}_${_boostver}"
+revision=3
+wrksrc="${pkgname}_${version//\./_}"
 makedepends="zlib-devel bzip2-devel icu-devel>=49.1"
 short_desc="Free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.boost.org/"
 license="Boost Software License 1.0"
-distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/${pkgname}_${_boostver}.tar.bz2"
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/${pkgname}_${version//\./_}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=047e927de336af106a24bceba30069980c191529fd76b8dff8eb9a328b48ae1d
 
 if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then