diff --git a/srcpkgs/vboot-utils/template b/srcpkgs/vboot-utils/template
index e93e3b7e219..9520c78df9c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vboot-utils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vboot-utils/template
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 # Template file for 'vboot-utils'
 pkgname=vboot-utils
 version=45.7262
+_githash=0e8c964915fffb58032bb59bdb31949de718ca90
 revision=1
-build_style=gnu-makefile
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config git"
 makedepends="libressl-devel libuuid-devel liblzma-devel libyaml-devel"
 short_desc="Verified boot kernel utilities"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="BSD"
 homepage="https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/platform/vboot_reference.git"
-distfiles="$homepage/+archive/refs/heads/release-R${version//./-}.B.tar.gz"
-checksum=a4192cc71686ee453e7d82ed1e3802d66a4257f0c8253922ab368fd910071e60
 CFLAGS=-D_GNU_SOURCE
-create_wrksrc=yes
+
+do_fetch() {
+       git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/platform/vboot_reference.git $pkgname-$version || true
+       cd $pkgname-$version
+       git checkout $_githash
+}
 
 do_build() {
 	local _arch=