diff --git a/srcpkgs/sip/template b/srcpkgs/sip/template
index 8755d23a54f..721ee9a5d7e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sip/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sip/template
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ short_desc="Python extension module generator for C/C++ libraries"
 maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/sip/intro"
 license="GPL-2, GPL-3, SIP"
-distfiles="http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/static/Downloads/sip4/sip-${version}.tar.gz"
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/pyqt/sip-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=dbe173aa566e26ca0bb5bcbc1d30ef780f416267bb3b5df48149a737ea6b0555
 
 _do_sip_build() {
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sip/update b/srcpkgs/sip/update
deleted file mode 100644
index 01261280e3c..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/sip/update
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-site="http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/sip/download"