diff --git a/srcpkgs/cinnamon-translations/template b/srcpkgs/cinnamon-translations/template
index 38e357f5d92..97ff978d2b7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cinnamon-translations/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cinnamon-translations/template
@@ -3,15 +3,14 @@ pkgname=cinnamon-translations
 version=2.4.2
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
-hostmakedepends="git"
+build_style=gnu-makefile
 short_desc="Translations for Cinnamon and Nemo"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/linuxmint/${pkgname}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=e03b6ed7ab6cb08d1cb2959057fd939d9cd7a36d3089f8b17ea245cb25fb8f67
 
-do_fetch() {
-	git clone -b ${version} git://github.com/linuxmint/${pkgname} ${pkgname}-${version}
-}
 do_install () { 
 	vmkdir /usr/share/locale 
 	cp -a usr/share/locale/* ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/locale