diff --git a/print/harfbuzz/Makefile b/print/harfbuzz/Makefile
index e8b0b00119d9..489129faa182 100644
--- a/print/harfbuzz/Makefile
+++ b/print/harfbuzz/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ PORTNAME=	harfbuzz
 DISTVERSION=	2.7.2
 PORTREVISION?=	0
 CATEGORIES=	print
+MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/releases/download/${DISTVERSION}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	desktop@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT?=	OpenType text shaping engine
@@ -16,11 +17,11 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	libfreetype.so:print/freetype2 \
 		libgraphite2.so:graphics/graphite2
 
 USES=		compiler:c++11-lib gnome meson \
-		pkgconfig python:build shebangfix
-USE_GITHUB=	yes
+		pkgconfig python:build shebangfix tar:xz
 USE_GNOME=	glib20 introspection:build
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 SHEBANG_GLOB=	*.py
+
 MESON_ARGS=	-Dglib=enabled -Dgobject=enabled -Dgraphite=enabled \
 		-Dfreetype=enabled -Dbenchmark=disabled
 
diff --git a/print/harfbuzz/distinfo b/print/harfbuzz/distinfo
index cf6cf2bf2e1a..a3cff901dbd4 100644
--- a/print/harfbuzz/distinfo
+++ b/print/harfbuzz/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1598654382
-SHA256 (harfbuzz-harfbuzz-2.7.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 8ec112ee108642477478b75fc7906422abed404d7530e47ba0a4875f553f1b59
-SIZE (harfbuzz-harfbuzz-2.7.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 16605557
+TIMESTAMP = 1600671280
+SHA256 (harfbuzz-2.7.2.tar.xz) = b8c048d7c2964a12f2c80deb6634dfc836b603dd12bf0d0a3df1627698e220ce
+SIZE (harfbuzz-2.7.2.tar.xz) = 9290416