diff --git a/srcpkgs/minetest/template b/srcpkgs/minetest/template
index bb99a57b4db..f6ac17a460c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/minetest/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/minetest/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'minetest'
 pkgname=minetest
-version=0.4.11
+version=0.4.12
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DRUN_IN_PLACE=0 -DENABLE_GETTEXT=1 -DENABLE_FREETYPE=1"
@@ -8,13 +8,11 @@ short_desc="An InfiniMiner/Minecraft inspired game"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 homepage="http://www.minetest.org"
-hostmakedepends="cmake pkg-config git"
+hostmakedepends="cmake pkg-config"
 makedepends="
  sqlite-devel libcurl-devel lua-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel libpng-devel
  LuaJIT-devel freetype-devel MesaLib-devel libopenal-devel libvorbis-devel
  irrlicht-devel"
 depends="hicolor-icon-theme desktop-file-utils"
-
-do_fetch() {
-	git clone -b${version} git://github.com/minetest/minetest ${pkgname}-${version}
-}
+distfiles="https://github.com/minetest/minetest/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=b37d663785a1ef9e75ec8513913bbd4fcaf761ccb248f4628d9397c71d4417df