diff --git a/libraries/lvtk/lvtk.SlackBuild b/libraries/lvtk/lvtk.SlackBuild
index c3d2cab76d..eb874c4586 100644
--- a/libraries/lvtk/lvtk.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/lvtk/lvtk.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
+
 # 20151110 bkw:
 # - Update for v1.2.0
 # - Install the example plugins if DOCS=yes. They were already being built.
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/$VERSION.tar.gz || tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
diff --git a/libraries/lvtk/lvtk.info b/libraries/lvtk/lvtk.info
index d4490f9818..82e7319996 100644
--- a/libraries/lvtk/lvtk.info
+++ b/libraries/lvtk/lvtk.info
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PRGNAM="lvtk"
 VERSION="1.2.0"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/lvtk/lvtk"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/lvtk/lvtk/archive/1.2.0.tar.gz"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/lvtk/lvtk/archive/1.2.0/lvtk-1.2.0.tar.gz"
 MD5SUM="ef3c883699357f9c7d85ba799f2bc69e"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""