diff --git a/games/snes9x/snes9x.SlackBuild b/games/snes9x/snes9x.SlackBuild
index e33af85749..5e7a1e7712 100644
--- a/games/snes9x/snes9x.SlackBuild
+++ b/games/snes9x/snes9x.SlackBuild
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 # Licensed under the WTFPL. See http://www.wtfpl.net/txt/copying/ for details.
 
+# 20170302 bkw: use long-format github URL
+
 # 20161015 bkw: update for 1.54.1. script has changed enough that it
 # can't build 1.53 any more.
 
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz || tar xvf $CWD/$VERSION.tar.gz
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
diff --git a/games/snes9x/snes9x.info b/games/snes9x/snes9x.info
index 89ba034d99..9843c3997b 100644
--- a/games/snes9x/snes9x.info
+++ b/games/snes9x/snes9x.info
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PRGNAM="snes9x"
 VERSION="1.54.1"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/snes9xgit/snes9x"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/snes9xgit/snes9x/archive/1.54.1.tar.gz"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/snes9xgit/snes9x/archive/1.54.1/snes9x-1.54.1.tar.gz"
 MD5SUM="ea8e97bbde690345b4d3b1af9facc1f0"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""