diff --git a/srcpkgs/maxima/template b/srcpkgs/maxima/template
index 9d91526d57b..8738e3e1419 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/maxima/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/maxima/template
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ short_desc="Computer Algebra System"
 maintainer="Martin Riese <grauehaare@gmx.de>"
 license="GPL"
 homepage="http://maxima.sourceforge.net/"
-makedepends="perl clisp readline-devel"
-distfiles="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/maxima/Maxima-source/${version}-source/maxima-${version}.tar.gz"
+hostmakedepends="perl"
+makedepends="clisp readline-devel"
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/Maxima-source/${version}-source/maxima-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum="fc11b2d2b9eee3471f5b618ae87140d8b269d7715ac9258a2efc4d2683823d4f"