diff --git a/sci-libs/votca-tools/metadata.xml b/sci-libs/votca-tools/metadata.xml
index e057315b891d8..bdb57bcaa718b 100644
--- a/sci-libs/votca-tools/metadata.xml
+++ b/sci-libs/votca-tools/metadata.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 		<name>Gentoo Chemistry Project</name>
 	</maintainer>
 	<upstream>
-		<remote-id type="google-code">votca</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="github">votca/tools</remote-id>
 	</upstream>
 </pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/sci-libs/votca-tools/votca-tools-1.2.4.ebuild b/sci-libs/votca-tools/votca-tools-1.2.4.ebuild
index a9f6184c6144f..2910b023850af 100644
--- a/sci-libs/votca-tools/votca-tools-1.2.4.ebuild
+++ b/sci-libs/votca-tools/votca-tools-1.2.4.ebuild
@@ -7,11 +7,7 @@ EAPI="5"
 inherit cmake-utils eutils multilib
 
 if [ "${PV}" != "9999" ]; then
-	SRC_URI="https://downloads.votca.googlecode.com/hg/${P}_pristine.tar.gz"
-else
-	SRC_URI=""
-	inherit mercurial
-	EHG_REPO_URI="https://tools.votca.googlecode.com/hg"
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/votca/downloads/raw/master/${P}_pristine.tar.gz"
 fi
 
 DESCRIPTION="Votca tools library"