diff --git a/srcpkgs/couchdb/template b/srcpkgs/couchdb/template
index 257c3808465..5ca5eacbaab 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/couchdb/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/couchdb/template
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'couchdb'
 pkgname=couchdb
 version=1.7.1
-revision=1
-wrksrc="apache-couchdb-$version"
+revision=2
+wrksrc="apache-couchdb-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 conf_files="/etc/couchdb/default.ini /etc/couchdb/local.ini"
 hostmakedepends="erlang pkg-config"
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="http://couchdb.apache.org/"
 distfiles="https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/couchdb/source/${version}/apache-couchdb-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=91200aa6fbc6fa5e2f3d78ef40e39d8c1ec7c83ea1c2cd730d270658735b2cad
+broken="unsupported version upstream, broken distfiles"
 
 system_accounts="couchdb"
 couchdb_homedir="/var/lib/couchdb"