diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-static/template b/srcpkgs/xbps-static/template
index c07921b92bc..00bb2db70a9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xbps-static/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps-static/template
@@ -16,10 +16,9 @@ makedepends="zlib-devel libressl-devel libarchive-devel"
 depends="xbps-triggers"
 
 only_for_archs="i686-musl x86_64-musl mips-musl mipsel-musl armv6l-musl armv7l-musl aarch64-musl"
+distfiles="https://github.com/voidlinux/xbps/archive/$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=34d8b69c006330426fcd00240f7d53425c5581d0635e18f7dfef55e1f7a917d2
 
-do_fetch() {
-	git clone -b${version} git://github.com/voidlinux/xbps ${wrksrc}
-}
 do_configure() {
 	HAVE_VASPRINTF=1 ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --enable-static --enable-debug
 }