diff --git a/srcpkgs/xiate/template b/srcpkgs/xiate/template
index 742c53df8a8..ec5db68ba5b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xiate/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xiate/template
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'xiate'
 pkgname=xiate
-version=18.05
+version=21.05
 revision=1
+wrksrc=xiate-v${version}
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="vte3-devel"
@@ -9,13 +10,11 @@ short_desc="Terminal emulator which uses VTE as a backend"
 maintainer="Diogo Leal <diogo@diogoleal.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://www.uninformativ.de/projects/xiate/"
-distfiles="https://github.com/vain/xiate/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=2f7317cc71849cdbf31479be224f9ed20fce25d2fa8320885a5294ed2101411b
+distfiles="https://www.uninformativ.de/git/xiate/archives/xiate-v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=487dc53f48494e53a1db9aa36a1e04a594b207d7fcda84908e192bb4e706b7cb
 
 pre_configure() {
-	cp config.def.h config.h
-	[ -e ${FILESDIR}/config.h ] && cp ${FILESDIR}/config.h config.h
-	sed -i 's;/usr/local;/usr;g' Makefile
+	vsed -i 's;/usr/local;/usr;g' Makefile
 }
 
 post_install() {