diff --git a/srcpkgs/sword/template b/srcpkgs/sword/template
index 69a8493aacc..702b74968c0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sword/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sword/template
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ pkgname=sword
 version=1.8.1
 revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --sysconfdir=/etc --without-conf --disable-shared --with-icuregex"
+configure_args="--prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --without-conf
+ --disable-shared --with-icuregex"
 hostmakedepends="libtool automake pkg-config"
 makedepends="icu-devel clucene-devel libcurl-devel zlib-devel"
 conf_files="/etc/sword.conf"
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ short_desc="CrossWire Bible Society's free Bible software project"
 maintainer="Dan Arnfield <dan@arnfield.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="https://crosswire.org/sword/index.jsp"
-distfiles="https://crosswire.org/ftpmirror/pub/sword/source/v1.8/sword-1.8.1.tar.gz"
+distfiles="https://crosswire.org/ftpmirror/pub/sword/source/v1.8/sword-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=ce9aa8f721a737f406115d35ff438bd07c829fce1605f0d6dcdabc4318bc5e93
 
 CXXFLAGS=' -DU_USING_ICU_NAMESPACE=1'