diff --git a/srcpkgs/mitlm/template b/srcpkgs/mitlm/template
index 65e9e21646b..e8e34917c58 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mitlm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mitlm/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ short_desc="MIT Language Modeling toolkit"
 maintainer="Martin Riese <grauehaare@gmx.de>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://mitlm.googlecode.com"
-distfiles="https://mitlm.googlecode.com/files/mitlm-${version}.tar.gz"
+distfiles="https://github.com/$pkgname/$pkgname/releases/download/v${version}/${pkgname}_${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum="c7568ad8ad1b63204ae8e19b24dd95d1e912edd65efd6f59ca7149d47b4fa08a"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static"