diff --git a/package/pkg-download.mk b/package/pkg-download.mk
index dc4ff1c..fbbc2d7 100644
--- a/package/pkg-download.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-download.mk
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@
 # default domainseparator is /, specify alternative value as first argument
 domainseparator = $(if $(1),$(1),/)
 
-# github(user,package[,version]): returns site of GitHub repository
-github = https://github.com/$(1)/$(2)/archive/$(or $(3),$($(call UPPERCASE,$(pkgname))_VERSION))
+# github(user,package,version): returns site of GitHub repository
+github = https://github.com/$(1)/$(2)/archive/$(3)
 
 # Expressly do not check hashes for those files
 # Exported variables default to immediately expanded in some versions of