diff --git a/games-strategy/widelands/widelands-9999.ebuild b/games-strategy/widelands/widelands-9999.ebuild
index 8eede6cd3dea0..1805266072351 100644
--- a/games-strategy/widelands/widelands-9999.ebuild
+++ b/games-strategy/widelands/widelands-9999.ebuild
@@ -14,12 +14,7 @@ if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
 	inherit git-r3
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/widelands/widelands.git"
 else
-	MY_PV="build$(ver_cut 2)"
-	MY_P="${PN}-${MY_PV}"
-
-	SRC_URI="https://launchpad.net/widelands/${MY_PV}/${MY_PV}/+download/${MY_P}-source.tar.gz"
-	S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
-
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 fi