diff --git a/cmake/LibsystemdExternalProject.cmake b/cmake/LibsystemdExternalProject.cmake
index dfa56d4..52b6f3c 100644
--- a/cmake/LibsystemdExternalProject.cmake
+++ b/cmake/LibsystemdExternalProject.cmake
@@ -35,11 +35,8 @@ message(STATUS "Building with embedded libsystemd v${LIBSYSTEMD_VERSION}")
 include(ExternalProject)
 ExternalProject_Add(LibsystemdBuildProject
                     PREFIX libsystemd-v${LIBSYSTEMD_VERSION}
-                    GIT_REPOSITORY    https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable.git
-                    GIT_TAG           v${LIBSYSTEMD_VERSION}-stable
-                    GIT_SHALLOW       1
-                    UPDATE_COMMAND    ""
-                    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove <BINARY_DIR>/*
+		    SOURCE_DIR systemd
+		    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove <BINARY_DIR>/*
                               COMMAND ${MESON} --prefix=<INSTALL_DIR> --buildtype=${LIBSYSTEMD_BUILD_TYPE} -Dstatic-libsystemd=pic -Dselinux=false <SOURCE_DIR> <BINARY_DIR>
                     BUILD_COMMAND     ${BUILD_VERSION_H}
                           COMMAND     ${NINJA} -C <BINARY_DIR> libsystemd.a