diff --git a/system/reptyr/reptyr.SlackBuild b/system/reptyr/reptyr.SlackBuild
index 78b3239c74..908b5bf67f 100644
--- a/system/reptyr/reptyr.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/reptyr/reptyr.SlackBuild
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 # Licensed under the WTFPL. See http://www.wtfpl.net/txt/copying/ for details.
 
+# 20170302 bkw: use long-format github URL
 # 20150505 bkw: updated for v0.6.2
 
 PRGNAM=reptyr
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 rm -rf $PRGNAM-$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz || tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
 cd $PRGNAM-$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
diff --git a/system/reptyr/reptyr.info b/system/reptyr/reptyr.info
index e6748612e1..c758f3ac6a 100644
--- a/system/reptyr/reptyr.info
+++ b/system/reptyr/reptyr.info
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PRGNAM="reptyr"
 VERSION="0.6.2"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/nelhage/reptyr"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/nelhage/reptyr/archive/reptyr-0.6.2.tar.gz"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/nelhage/reptyr/archive/reptyr-0.6.2/reptyr-reptyr-0.6.2.tar.gz"
 MD5SUM="9beb26462407f229c9e900466dc25b56"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""