diff --git a/srcpkgs/xtitle/template b/srcpkgs/xtitle/template
index 49474c7da8..cba6b254e7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xtitle/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xtitle/template
@@ -3,15 +3,14 @@ pkgname=xtitle
 version=0.2
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
-hostmakedepends="git"
 makedepends="libxcb-devel xcb-util-devel xcb-util-wm-devel"
 short_desc="Outputs X window titles"
 maintainer="Eivind Uggedal <eivind@uggedal.com>"
 license="Public Domain"
 homepage="https://github.com/baskerville/xtitle"
+distfiles="${homepage}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=623ab45ed3a5dc85cac133cb7e06a3be88477bf32fa1138dcd045bcc1777d0f3
 
-do_fetch() {
-	local url="git://github.com/baskerville/xtitle"
-	msg_normal "Fetching source from $url ...\n"
-	git clone -b${version} ${url} ${pkgname}-${version}
+pre_build() {
+	sed -i 's/^\(CFLAGS *+=\)/override \1/' Makefile
 }