diff --git a/srcpkgs/mdadm/template b/srcpkgs/mdadm/template
index 2ae6c4c2c9b..16a92845c5d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mdadm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mdadm/template
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ short_desc="A tool for managing/monitoring Linux md device arrays"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://neil.brown.name/blog/mdadm"
-distfiles="ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/raid/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
+distfiles="http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/raid/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=f5b50a6b506697fb9968d660444447473b453f9eaefaa9b7d31c184693b8a28c
 
 pre_configure() {