diff --git a/package/jq/jq.mk b/package/jq/jq.mk
index 8d4f24f0d6..cc7c99ee7b 100644
--- a/package/jq/jq.mk
+++ b/package/jq/jq.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-JQ_VERSION = jq-1.3
-JQ_SITE = http://github.com/stedolan/jq/tarball/$(JQ_VERSION)
-JQ_AUTORECONF = YES
+JQ_VERSION = 1.3
+JQ_SITE = http://stedolan.github.io/jq/download/source
 JQ_DEPENDENCIES = host-flex host-bison
 JQ_LICENSE = MIT (code), CC-BY-3.0 (documentation)
 JQ_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING