diff --git a/srcpkgs/bird/files/bird6/run b/srcpkgs/bird/files/bird6/run
deleted file mode 100644
index 902c2426f8e..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/bird/files/bird6/run
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-exec bird6 -f ${OPTS:=-c /etc/bird6.conf}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/bird/template b/srcpkgs/bird/template
index 12214f40a18..544b7aeb821 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bird/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bird/template
@@ -1,51 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'bird'
 pkgname=bird
-version=1.6.4
+version=2.0.2
 revision=1
-wrksrc="bird-v${version}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--sbindir=/usr/bin"
+conf_files="/etc/bird.conf"
 hostmakedepends="flex autoconf"
 makedepends="ncurses-devel readline-devel"
 short_desc="The BIRD Internet Routing Daemon"
 maintainer="Philipp Hirsch <itself@hanspolo.net>"
-license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
-homepage="http://bird.network.cz"
-distfiles="https://gitlab.labs.nic.cz/labs/bird/-/archive/v${version}/bird-v${version}.tar.gz"
-conf_files="/etc/bird.conf /etc/bird6.conf"
-checksum=cb7f3c8bb10e329dbe75251de50133aacd3b8ec25a18940c4a39ec3ac2490f73
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://bird.network.cz"
+distfiles="ftp://bird.network.cz/pub/bird/bird-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=035f91d6f568f8ed438a0814235ac4c5c79147cd2acf201322c307732883480f
 
-pre_configure() {
-	mkdir -p /tmp/bird6
-	cp -a $wrksrc/* /tmp/bird6
-	mv /tmp/bird6 $wrksrc/bird6
-}
-
-do_configure() {
-	# bird
-	autoreconf
-	./configure ${configure_args}
-
-	# bird6
-	cd bird6
-	autoreconf
-	./configure ${configure_args} --enable-ipv6
-}
-
-do_build() {
-	# bird
-	make ${makejobs}
-
-	# bird6
-	cd bird6
-	make ${makejobs}
-}
-
-do_install() {
-	make DESTDIR=$DESTDIR install
+post_install() {
 	vsv bird
-
-	cd bird6
-	make DESTDIR=$PKGDESTDIR install
-	vsv bird6
 }