diff --git a/packages/linux-drivers/RTL8188EU/package.mk b/packages/linux-drivers/RTL8188EU/package.mk
index 3c25ec9166..b11a681726 100644
--- a/packages/linux-drivers/RTL8188EU/package.mk
+++ b/packages/linux-drivers/RTL8188EU/package.mk
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 # realtek: PKG_SITE="http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PFid=48&Level=5&Conn=4&ProdID=274&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true"
 PKG_SITE="https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu"
-PKG_URL="$DISTRO_SRC/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
+PKG_URL="https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu/archive/$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain linux"
 PKG_NEED_UNPACK="$LINUX_DEPENDS"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
diff --git a/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_RTL8188EU b/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_RTL8188EU
deleted file mode 100755
index 8c9bf7198e..0000000000
--- a/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_RTL8188EU
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#
-#  OpenELEC is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#  the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
-#  (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#  OpenELEC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#  GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#  along with OpenELEC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-################################################################################
-
-echo "getting sources..."
-  if [ ! -d RTL8188EU.git ]; then
-    git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu.git --depth=1 -b master RTL8188EU.git
-  fi
-
-  cd RTL8188EU.git
-    git pull
-    GIT_REV=`git log -n1 --format=%h`
-  cd ..
-
-echo "copying sources..."
-  rm -rf RTL8188EU-$GIT_REV
-  cp -R RTL8188EU.git RTL8188EU-$GIT_REV
-
-echo "cleaning sources..."
-  rm -rf RTL8188EU-$GIT_REV/.git
-
-echo "packing sources..."
-  tar cvJf RTL8188EU-$GIT_REV.tar.xz RTL8188EU-$GIT_REV
-
-echo "remove temporary sourcedir..."
-  rm -rf RTL8188EU-$GIT_REV