diff --git a/srcpkgs/lgi/template b/srcpkgs/lgi/template
index c193669a971..8f461db6e4a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lgi/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lgi/template
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'lgi'
 pkgname=lgi
-version=0.8.0
+version=0.9.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config git"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libglib-devel libffi-devel lua-devel
  gobject-introspection gir-freedesktop"
 depends="lua>=5.2 gir-freedesktop"
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@ short_desc="Lua binadings for gnome/gobject using gobject-introspection library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/pavouk/lgi"
+distfiles="https://github.com/pavouk/lgi/archive/$version.tar.gz"
+checksum="87c7870f8a1c60b48c4d5587b7fab46863e1cb9e76a68520f47e9ef2764cfe24"
 
-do_fetch() {
-	git clone -b${version} git://github.com/pavouk/lgi.git lgi-${version}
-}
 do_install() {
 	make DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} LUA_LIBDIR=/usr/lib/lua/5.2 \
 		LUA_SHAREDIR=/usr/share/lua/5.2 install