diff --git a/multimedia/l-smash/l-smash.SlackBuild b/multimedia/l-smash/l-smash.SlackBuild
index 31bbd4591b..044750ac0c 100644
--- a/multimedia/l-smash/l-smash.SlackBuild
+++ b/multimedia/l-smash/l-smash.SlackBuild
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 
 # Now maintained by B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>
 
+# 20170302 bkw: use long-format github URL
+
 # 20160817 bkw:
 # - take over maintenance
 # - update for 2.9.1
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz || tar xvf $CWD/v$VERSION.tar.gz
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
diff --git a/multimedia/l-smash/l-smash.info b/multimedia/l-smash/l-smash.info
index fb361041ed..9b1a109232 100644
--- a/multimedia/l-smash/l-smash.info
+++ b/multimedia/l-smash/l-smash.info
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PRGNAM="l-smash"
 VERSION="2.9.1"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/l-smash/l-smash"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/l-smash/l-smash/archive/v2.9.1.tar.gz"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/l-smash/l-smash/archive/v2.9.1/l-smash-2.9.1.tar.gz"
 MD5SUM="ccc7f6f0dcfdb01398e0f922f150a0d9"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""