diff --git a/srcpkgs/myrepos/template b/srcpkgs/myrepos/template
index 2c110660ac6..5b97c61cbd5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/myrepos/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/myrepos/template
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'myrepos'
 pkgname=myrepos
-version=1.20170129
+version=1.20171231
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 build_style=gnu-makefile
-hostmakedepends="perl"
+hostmakedepends="git perl"
 depends="perl"
 short_desc="Manage all your version control repos"
 maintainer="Farhad Shahbazi <grauwolf@geekosphere.org>"
 license="GPL-2"
-homepage="http://myrepos.branchable.com"
-distfiles="https://github.com/joeyh/${pkgname}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=da00533b01a511ece209f0254a6fae5735852e197d3b859a6f564b3fbc612dda
+homepage="https://myrepos.branchable.com"
+
+do_fetch() {
+	git clone --branch "${version}" https://git.joeyh.name/git/myrepos.git ${pkgname}-${version}
+}