diff --git a/srcpkgs/glances/template b/srcpkgs/glances/template
index bbb3ee4afc3..f8e75055e0c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glances/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glances/template
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ pkgname=glances
 version=2.0
 revision=2
 noarch="yes"
-distfiles="https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=e2332eb9b52cead8ef6c0f993547f5a59fe02446e56d6e4ce81a11f9e41adf22
 build_style="python-module"
 pycompile_module="glances"
 hostmakedepends="python-devel python-setuptools python-psutil"
@@ -14,3 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Steven R <dev@styez.com>"
 homepage="https://github.com/nicolargo/glances"
 license="LGPL-3"
 short_desc="Cross-platform curses-based monitoring tool written in Python2"
+
+do_fetch() {
+	git clone -b v${version} git://github.com/nicolargo/glances ${pkgname}-${version}
+}