diff --git a/package/glibc/glibc.hash b/package/glibc/glibc.hash
index 5910dda72d..4e5bc7f7bc 100644
--- a/package/glibc/glibc.hash
+++ b/package/glibc/glibc.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Locally calculated (fetched from Github)
-sha256  f1f2566fea1518dd7244d322882242bbd654eb215fba51a7ab001b8fd2c9bcbe     glibc-glibc-2.26-73-g4b692dffb95ac4812b161eb6a16113d7e824982e.tar.gz
+sha256  d66b3702961c846ead2bacf17a9b5239cc1e8a43ca6e322f3637e99f276efec1     glibc-glibc-2.26-73-g4b692dffb95ac4812b161eb6a16113d7e824982e.tar.gz
 # Locally calculated (fetched from Github)
 sha256  5aa9adeac09727db0b8a52794186563771e74d70410e9fd86431e339953fd4bb     glibc-arc-2017.09-release.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/glibc/glibc.mk b/package/glibc/glibc.mk
index 5911dfec5f..d99b524ef9 100644
--- a/package/glibc/glibc.mk
+++ b/package/glibc/glibc.mk
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ GLIBC_VERSION = glibc-2.26-73-g4b692dffb95ac4812b161eb6a16113d7e824982e
 # When updating the version, check it on the official repository;
 # *NEVER* decide on a version string by looking at the mirror.
 # Then check that the mirror has been synced already (happens once a day.)
-GLIBC_SITE = https://github.com/bminor/glibc.git
-GLIBC_SITE_METHOD = git
+GLIBC_SITE = $(call github,bminor,glibc,$(GLIBC_VERSION))
 endif
 
 GLIBC_SRC_SUBDIR = .