diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-scikit-image/template b/srcpkgs/python3-scikit-image/template
index f0d3f97a815..2770830cdef 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-scikit-image/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-scikit-image/template
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 pkgname=python3-scikit-image
 version=0.17.2
 revision=1
-wrksrc="${pkgname#python3-}-${version}"
+_pkgname="${pkgname#python3-}"
+wrksrc="${_pkgname}-version}"
 build_style=python3-module
 build_helper="numpy"
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-Cython"
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ short_desc="Image processing in Python"
 maintainer="Andrew J. Hesford <ajh@sideband.org>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause, MIT"
 homepage="https://scikit-image.org/"
-distfiles="https://github.com/scikit-image/scikit-image/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+distfiles="https://github.com/${_pkgname}/${_pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=54165f1c7365aacbd94df6c89ff72554260c3ea8fd8abdfb596d5d93b25d22ab
 
 post_install() {