diff --git a/srcpkgs/mosh/template b/srcpkgs/mosh/template
index afa3b87cfc8..538d987a642 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mosh/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mosh/template
@@ -1,19 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'mosh'
 pkgname=mosh
 version=1.2.4
-revision=4
+revision=5
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="automake pkg-config git"
-makedepends="ncurses-devel protobuf-devel>=2.6 libutempter-devel libressl-devel perl-IO-Tty"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config protobuf-devel"
+makedepends="ncurses-devel protobuf-devel>=2.6 libutempter-devel libressl-devel"
 depends="perl-IO-Tty"
 short_desc="MObile SHell"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://mosh.mit.edu/"
-
-do_fetch() {
-	git clone -b mosh-${version} git://github.com/keithw/mosh mosh-${version}
-}
-pre_configure() {
-	autoreconf -fi
-}
+distfiles="http://mosh.mit.edu/mosh-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=e74d0d323226046e402dd469a176075fc2013b69b0e67cea49762c957175df46