diff --git a/package/luvi/luvi.hash b/package/luvi/luvi.hash
index d5716e0036..e2239b6171 100644
--- a/package/luvi/luvi.hash
+++ b/package/luvi/luvi.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256 a18e138c7032ef8406fef6e2135a61fad713861742512f2073adc0b4ab6d8f8b  luvi-v2.8.0.tar.gz
-sha256 cfc7749b96f63bd31c3c42b5c471bf756814053e847c10f3eb003417bc523d30  LICENSE.txt
+sha256  ce9a1fb762e61267618ddea9ea129170fd543bb918c382b71cb35985d0024c42  luvi-src-v2.7.6.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/luvi/luvi.mk b/package/luvi/luvi.mk
index 8b3b7659b0..4b693e23a2 100644
--- a/package/luvi/luvi.mk
+++ b/package/luvi/luvi.mk
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LUVI_VERSION = v2.8.0
-LUVI_SITE = https://github.com/luvit/luvi.git
-LUVI_SITE_METHOD = git
-LUVI_GIT_SUBMODULES = YES
+# we keep version 2.7.6 because 2.8.0 causes build errors and only
+# contains updates to submodules we do not need
+LUVI_VERSION = v2.7.6
+LUVI_SOURCE = luvi-src-$(LUVI_VERSION).tar.gz
+LUVI_SITE = https://github.com/luvit/luvi/releases/download/$(LUVI_VERSION)
 LUVI_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
 LUVI_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.txt
 LUVI_DEPENDENCIES = libuv luajit luv host-luajit