diff --git a/srcpkgs/desktop-file-utils/template b/srcpkgs/desktop-file-utils/template
index 8059847989c..f65bad5cfd7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/desktop-file-utils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/desktop-file-utils/template
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ short_desc="Utilities to manage desktop entries"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/desktop-file-utils"
-distfiles="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/$pkgname/releases/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
+distfiles="${FREEDESKTOP_SITE}/$pkgname/releases/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=6c094031bdec46c9f621708f919084e1cb5294e2c5b1e4c883b3e70cb8903385