diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-simplejson/template b/srcpkgs/python-simplejson/template
index 8a4cb6a80f2..30ee26ca0d1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-simplejson/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-simplejson/template
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.org>"
 license="MIT, AFL-2.1"
 homepage="https://github.com/simplejson/simplejson"
 #changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/simplejson/simplejson/master/CHANGES.txt"
-distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/s/simplejson/simplejson-${version}.tar.gz"
+distfiles="https://github.com/simplejson/simplejson/releases/download/v${version}/simplejson-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=20c626174a3cfcc69c783930ac2d5daa72787a8e26398e33c978065a51cc8bf4
 
 do_check() {