diff --git a/srcpkgs/crystal/template b/srcpkgs/crystal/template
index b1115f7bbdd..7ab40e96c20 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/crystal/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/crystal/template
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ if [ "$build_option_binary_bootstrap" ]; then
 		checksum+=" 943ea77a976e80d2b3558ef525d2c9fa7fc3d41d6b5799923e378408d75e557e"
 		;;
 	i686)
-		distfiles+=" https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal/releases/download/v${_bootstrapversion}/crystal-${_bootstrapversion}-${_bootstraprevision}-linux-i686.tar.gz"
+		distfiles+=" https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal/releases/download/${_bootstrapversion}/crystal-${_bootstrapversion}-${_bootstraprevision}-linux-i686.tar.gz"
 		checksum+=" ff0e38021cb20ad7cea3aaba78350a4ae22c4dc48563ba482aa3a87eb07e1044"
 		;;
 	*)