diff --git a/srcpkgs/yasm/template b/srcpkgs/yasm/template
index db3720d15a9..6b9786a35e0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/yasm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/yasm/template
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ pkgname=yasm
 version=1.3.0
 revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="xmlto python"
 short_desc="Complete rewrite of the NASM assembler"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause, Artistic-1.0, GPL-2.0-or-later, LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="http://www.tortall.net/projects/yasm/"
 distfiles="http://www.tortall.net/projects/yasm/releases/yasm-$version.tar.gz"
+distfiles="https://github.com/yasm/yasm/releases/download/v${version}/yasm-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=3dce6601b495f5b3d45b59f7d2492a340ee7e84b5beca17e48f862502bd5603f
 
 post_install() {