diff --git a/srcpkgs/codec2/template b/srcpkgs/codec2/template
index 10521d98c05..474578d47b2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/codec2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/codec2/template
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ maintainer="Evgeny Ermakov <evgeny.v.ermakov@gmail.com>"
 license="LGPL-2.1-only"
 homepage="https://www.rowetel.com/codec2.html"
 distfiles="https://github.com/drowe67/codec2/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=14227963940d79e0ec5af810f37101b30e1c7e8555abd96c56b3c0473abac8ef
+# https://github.com/drowe67/codec2#older-code
+# In July 2023 this repo was refactored, older code can be found in
+# https://github.com/drowe67/codec2-dev
+# diffed, no change
+distfiles="https://github.com/drowe67/codec2-dev/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.1.tar.gz"
+checksum=e6f12129f0f63d65a3c7b2c9bf8ddf4ec3b481123279890bf87271a8bb55d8be
 
 do_check() {
 	cd build