diff --git a/packages/devel/flex/meta b/packages/devel/flex/meta
index c5924c03c4..631d3695e0 100644
--- a/packages/devel/flex/meta
+++ b/packages/devel/flex/meta
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://flex.sourceforge.net/"
-PKG_URL="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/flex/flex/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/flex/flex/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
 PKG_DEPENDS=""
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"