diff --git a/srcpkgs/sv-helper/template b/srcpkgs/sv-helper/template
index 8f2cfed3a32..12b92c0e063 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sv-helper/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sv-helper/template
@@ -7,18 +7,13 @@ short_desc="Utilities to help administer a runit-as-pid1 system"
 maintainer="bougyman <tj@rubyists.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/rubyists/sv-helper"
-distfiles="https://api.github.com/repos/rubyists/sv-helper/tarball/${version}>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=3997895a65ee688dc1c7b071052f822c0b097c873aeea09081ec933df3140b13
+distfiles="https://github.com/rubyists/sv-helper/archive/${version}.tar.gz>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=772669ba116c4004c394c7f259b15859a520e36170b35f8b5a4103ed2f69e7d0
 
 system_accounts="rsvlog"
 rsvlog_homedir="/var/log"
 rsvlog_descr="User for logging"
 
-do_extract() {
-	mkdir -p ${wrksrc}
-	tar x --strip-components=1 -f ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${pkgname}-${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz -C ${wrksrc}
-}
-
 do_install() {
 	_commands="sv-list svls sv-find sv-enable sv-disable"
 	vbin sv-helper.sh sv-helper