diff --git a/science/plumed/Makefile b/science/plumed/Makefile
index ff934b45abbd..4754ed64a730 100644
--- a/science/plumed/Makefile
+++ b/science/plumed/Makefile
@@ -1,50 +1,47 @@
 PORTNAME=	plumed
-DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	2.8.0
 CATEGORIES=	science graphics
+MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}2/releases/download/v${DISTVERSION}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	PLUgin for MolEcular Dynamics
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING.LESSER
 
 BROKEN_i386=	undefined reference to `__atomic_load'
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	bash:shells/bash
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libblas.so:math/blas \
 		libfftw3.so:math/fftw3 \
 		libgsl.so:math/gsl \
 		liblapack.so:math/lapack
 RUN_DEPENDS=	bash:shells/bash
 TEST_DEPENDS=	gawk:lang/gawk
 
-USES=		autoreconf compiler:c++11-lang gmake localbase pkgconfig shebangfix
+USES=		autoreconf compiler:c++11-lang gmake localbase pkgconfig shebangfix tar:tgz
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 SHEBANG_GLOB=	*.sh
 SHEBANG_FILES=	src/maketools/makecmd \
 		src/maketools/xxd \
 		regtest/scripts/check \
 		regtest/scripts/run \
 		regtest/scripts/what
 
-USE_GITHUB=	yes
-GH_PROJECT=	plumed2
-
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--enable-shared --disable-python
 
 TEST_TARGET=	check # the 'installcheck' target checks installed version
 # 1 test is known to fail: https://github.com/plumed/plumed2/issues/782
 
 BINARY_ALIAS=	make=${GMAKE} # only needed for tests
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|#! /bin/bash|#! ${LOCALBASE}/bin/bash|' ${WRKSRC}/src/lib/Makefile
 
 post-install:
 	@${RMDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/plumed/obj
 	@cd ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX} && ${STRIP_CMD} bin/plumed lib/plumed/plumed-runtime lib/libplumed.so lib/libplumedKernel.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/plumed/distinfo b/science/plumed/distinfo
index e8a87d2a6a65..7f199b706e8b 100644
--- a/science/plumed/distinfo
+++ b/science/plumed/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1645634928
-SHA256 (plumed-plumed2-v2.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 8357eca6f280125037ad4e7c427f96f2af2f60ddfedce1a2e36e1e1cc3bff32b
-SIZE (plumed-plumed2-v2.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 107835332
+TIMESTAMP = 1652729274
+SHA256 (plumed-2.8.0.tgz) = 24b243c531fa83752be5e54f5f0b677164855da539bc2b2c5b00dcc9f192aa82
+SIZE (plumed-2.8.0.tgz) = 107630231