diff --git a/packages/tools/populatefs/package.mk b/packages/tools/populatefs/package.mk
index 70a6519344..d5bf2aa489 100644
--- a/packages/tools/populatefs/package.mk
+++ b/packages/tools/populatefs/package.mk
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://github.com/oskarirauta/populatefs"
-PKG_URL="$DISTRO_SRC/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
+PKG_URL="https://github.com/oskarirauta/populatefs/archive/$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="e2fsprogs:host"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="tools"
diff --git a/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_populatefs b/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_populatefs
deleted file mode 100644
index 4dd9243799..0000000000
--- a/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_populatefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#
-#  OpenELEC is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#  the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
-#  (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#  OpenELEC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#  GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#  along with OpenELEC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-################################################################################
-
-echo "getting sources..."
-  if [ ! -d populatefs.git ]; then
-    git clone https://github.com/oskarirauta/populatefs.git populatefs.git
-  fi
-
-  cd populatefs.git
-    git pull
-    GIT_REV=$(git log -n1 --format=%h)
-  cd ..
-
-echo "copying sources..."
-  rm -rf populatefs-$GIT_REV
-  cp -R populatefs.git populatefs-$GIT_REV
-
-echo "cleaning sources..."
-  rm -rf populatefs-$GIT_REV/.git
-
-echo "packing sources..."
-  tar cvJf populatefs-$GIT_REV.tar.xz populatefs-$GIT_REV
-
-echo "remove temporary sourcedir..."
-  rm -rf populatefs-$GIT_REV