diff --git a/package/openvmtools/openvmtools.hash b/package/openvmtools/openvmtools.hash
deleted file mode 100644
index 80eb99fa02..0000000000
--- a/package/openvmtools/openvmtools.hash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# From http://sourceforge.net/projects/open-vm-tools/files/open-vm-tools/stable-9.10.0/
-md5	d19439b499f0cbc7001e0cc65aa1a5a7	open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743.tar.gz
-sha1	5954c2a3eb66f7ffe4be1861f3bf6b43a2b3c6fc	open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/openvmtools/openvmtools.mk b/package/openvmtools/openvmtools.mk
index 92ecd3622d..822bbf15f7 100644
--- a/package/openvmtools/openvmtools.mk
+++ b/package/openvmtools/openvmtools.mk
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-OPENVMTOOLS_VERSION_MAJOR = 9.10.0
-OPENVMTOOLS_VERSION = $(OPENVMTOOLS_VERSION_MAJOR)-2476743
-OPENVMTOOLS_SOURCE = open-vm-tools-$(OPENVMTOOLS_VERSION).tar.gz
-OPENVMTOOLS_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools/stable-$(OPENVMTOOLS_VERSION_MAJOR)
+OPENVMTOOLS_VERSION = stable-9.10.0
+OPENVMTOOLS_SITE = $(call github,vmware,open-vm-tools,$(OPENVMTOOLS_VERSION))
 OPENVMTOOLS_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1
 OPENVMTOOLS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 # Autoreconf needed or config/missing will run configure again at buildtime