diff --git a/multimedia/libass/Makefile b/multimedia/libass/Makefile
index 7fca5fa8fa43..41a431df5bc9 100644
--- a/multimedia/libass/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/libass/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	libass
-PORTVERSION=	0.14.0
+DISTVERSION=	0.14.0
 CATEGORIES=	multimedia devel
+MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/libass/libass/releases/download/${DISTVERSION}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	multimedia@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Portable ASS/SSA subtitle renderer
@@ -14,9 +15,7 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	libfreetype.so:print/freetype2 \
 		libfribidi.so:converters/fribidi \
 		libfontconfig.so:x11-fonts/fontconfig
 
-USE_GITHUB=	yes
-
-USES=		autoreconf iconv libtool pathfix pkgconfig
+USES=		autoreconf iconv libtool pathfix pkgconfig tar:xz
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
diff --git a/multimedia/libass/distinfo b/multimedia/libass/distinfo
index af9da680e030..8335f9a2395d 100644
--- a/multimedia/libass/distinfo
+++ b/multimedia/libass/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1509454550
-SHA256 (libass-libass-0.14.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 82e70ee1f9afe2e54ab4bf6510b83bb563fcb2af978f0f9da82e2dbc9ae0fd72
-SIZE (libass-libass-0.14.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 176102
+TIMESTAMP = 1600679101
+SHA256 (libass-0.14.0.tar.xz) = 881f2382af48aead75b7a0e02e65d88c5ebd369fe46bc77d9270a94aa8fd38a2
+SIZE (libass-0.14.0.tar.xz) = 356256