diff --git a/srcpkgs/leveldb/template b/srcpkgs/leveldb/template
index 03330227ad0..636ce1feec7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/leveldb/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/leveldb/template
@@ -1,17 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'leveldb'
 pkgname=leveldb
-version=1.15.0
+version=1.18
 revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
 short_desc="A fast and lightweight key/value database library by Google"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="BSD"
-homepage="http://code.google.com/p/leveldb"
-distfiles="http://leveldb.googlecode.com/files/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=d7c4ec571ef2ee9719f31db06344a1eba495e6abeeac1bc349d0d38a911c6680
-
-do_build() {
-	make ${makejobs}
-}
+homepage="https://github.com/google/leveldb"
+distfiles="${homepage}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=4aa1a7479bc567b95a59ac6fb79eba49f61884d6fd400f20b7af147d54c5cee5
 
 do_install() {
 	vmkdir usr/lib
@@ -29,7 +26,7 @@ do_install() {
 	cp -r doc/* ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/${pkgname}
 
 	# license
-	vinstall LICENSE 644 usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}
+	vlicense LICENSE
 }
 
 leveldb-devel_package() {