diff --git a/srcpkgs/gitolite/template b/srcpkgs/gitolite/template
index 0d5fc405c57..0374c3a991c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gitolite/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gitolite/template
@@ -1,27 +1,29 @@
 # Template file for 'gitolite'
 pkgname=gitolite
 version=3.6.11
-revision=1
+revision=2
 archs=noarch
-build_style=fetch
 depends="git perl"
 short_desc="Access control layer on top of git"
 maintainer="Steve Prybylski <sa.prybylx@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="http://gitolite.com/gitolite"
-distfiles="https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/archive/v${version}.tar.gz>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+distfiles="https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=2166a61b14de19e605b14f4a13a070fbfd5ecd247b6fd725108f111198a2c121
 
 system_accounts="gitolite"
 gitolite_homedir="/var/lib/gitolite"
 gitolite_shell="/bin/sh"
-make_dirs="${gitolite_homedir} 0750 ${system_accounts} ${system_accounts}"
+make_dirs="/var/lib/gitolite 0750 gitolite gitolite"
+
+do_check() {
+	: gitolite test suite delete stuff
+}
 
 do_install() {
-	bsdtar -xzvf ${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz
-
 	vmkdir usr/lib/gitolite
 	vmkdir usr/bin
-	vcopy ${pkgname}-${version}/src/* usr/lib/gitolite
+	vcopy src/* usr/lib/gitolite
+	echo "v$version" >"$DESTDIR/usr/lib/gitolite/VERSION"
 	ln -s /usr/lib/gitolite/gitolite ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/gitolite
 }