diff --git a/srcpkgs/libdom/template b/srcpkgs/libdom/template
index 16d7c4d954..1780750811 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libdom/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libdom/template
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 # Template build file for 'libdom'.
 pkgname=libdom
-# Epoch bumped due to using a date version in previous pkg.
-version=1:0.0.1
+# Use date version to respect previous pkg... omg.
+_datever=20140204
+version=${_datever}.0.0.1
 revision=1
-wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version#1:}"
+wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version#${_datever}.}"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl netsurf-buildsystem"
 makedepends="expat-devel libparserutils-devel libwapcaplet-devel libhubbub-devel"
 short_desc="Implementation of the W3C DOM, written in C."
 maintainer="davehome <davehome@redthumb.info.tm>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://www.netsurf-browser.org"
-distfiles="http://download.netsurf-browser.org/libs/releases/${pkgname}-${version#1:}-src.tar.gz"
+distfiles="http://download.netsurf-browser.org/libs/releases/${pkgname}-${version#${_datever}.}-src.tar.gz"
 checksum=2aa75861c8a8291b6b3d1a3856c65ca615677afeec64ccfdf35a113a292c36b1
 
 do_build() {