diff --git a/srcpkgs/vim/template b/srcpkgs/vim/template
index 4a4704f7c9..11ec50e23a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vim/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vim/template
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 # Template file for 'vim'
 pkgname=vim
 _distver=7.3
-_patchver=125
+_patchver=237
 version=${_distver}.${_patchver}
-wrksrc=vim73
-distfiles="ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unix/$pkgname-${_distver}.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
+build_wrksrc=vim73
 configure_args="--disable-perlinterp --disable-pythoninterp --disable-rubyinterp
  --disable-cscope --disable-workshop --disable-netbeans --disable-sniff
  --disable-gpm --disable-hangulinput --disable-xim --enable-gui=no
  --without-x --enable-multibyte --with-tlib=ncursesw"
 short_desc="Vim editor (vi clone)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=5c5d5d6e07f1bbc49b6fe3906ff8a7e39b049928b68195b38e3e3d347100221d
 long_desc="
  Vim is an almost compatible version of the UNIX editor Vi. Many new features
  have been added: multi level undo, syntax highlighting, command line history,
  on-line help, filename completion, block operations, etc."
 
+nofetch=yes
+noextract=yes
 subpackages="vim-common"
 Add_dependency run glibc
 Add_dependency run ncurses-libs
@@ -26,22 +26,11 @@ Add_dependency run vim-common		">=${version}"
 Add_dependency build glibc-devel
 Add_dependency build ncurses-devel
 Add_dependency build acl-devel
+Add_dependency build mercurial
 
-pre_configure()
+do_fetch()
 {
-	local url="ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/${_distver}"
-
-        if [ "${_patchver}" -gt 000 ]; then
-                cd ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR} || return 1
-                for p in $(seq -w 001 ${_patchver}); do
-                        [ -f ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${_distver}.${p} ] && continue
-                        msg_normal " Fetching ${url}/${_distver}-$p patch...\n"
-                        $XBPS_FETCH_CMD ${url}/${_distver}.$p 2>&1
-                done
-        fi
-        cd ${wrksrc}
-        for p in $(seq -w 001 ${_patchver}); do
-                patch -s -Np0 -i ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${_distver}.${p} && \
-                        msg_normal " Applied patch ${_distver}.$p.\n"
-        done
+	local url="https://vim.googlecode.com/hg"
+	cd ${wrksrc}
+	hg clone -u v7-3-${_patchver} ${url} ${build_wrksrc}
 }