diff --git a/srcpkgs/libdom/template b/srcpkgs/libdom/template
index 25669e6668..e042b11a69 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libdom/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libdom/template
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'libdom'.
 pkgname=libdom
-version="$(date -u +%Y%m%d)"
+_svnrev=13951
+version=20120706.${_svnrev}
 homepage="http://www.netsurf-browser.org"
 makedepends="pkg-config perl subversion libxml2-devel libparserutils-devel libwapcaplet-devel libhubbub-devel"
 revision=1
@@ -19,10 +20,9 @@ nofetch=yes
 noextract=yes
 
 do_fetch() {
-	local _rev="13951"
 	local url="svn://svn.netsurf-browser.org/trunk/libdom"
-	msg_normal " Fetching source from $url (revision ${_rev}) ...\n"
-	svn checkout -r ${_rev} ${url} ${pkgname}-${version}
+	msg_normal " Fetching source from $url (revision ${_svnrev}) ...\n"
+	svn checkout -r ${_svnrev} ${url} ${pkgname}-${version}
 }
 
 do_build() {