diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index ed5a9f3..39e2a8a 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -85,37 +85,23 @@ task :composer, [:version] do |_, arguments|
   commit 'development/composer', arguments[:version]
 end
 
-task 'universal-ctags' do
-  ENV['COMMIT'] = `git ls-remote https://github.com/universal-ctags/ctags.git master`
-    .split
-    .first
-  version = ENV['COMMIT'][0...7]
-
-  sh 'git', 'clone', '--recurse-submodules', 'https://github.com/universal-ctags/ctags.git', "ctags-#{ENV['COMMIT']}"
-  rm_rf ["ctags-#{ENV['COMMIT']}/.git", "ctags-#{ENV['COMMIT']}/.gitignore"], secure: true
-  tarball = "slackbuilds/development/universal-ctags/ctags-#{ENV['COMMIT']}.tar.xz"
-  sh 'tar', 'Jcvf', tarball, "ctags-#{ENV['COMMIT']}"
-
-  rm_rf "ctags-#{ENV['COMMIT']}", secure: true
-
-  checksum = Digest::MD5.file tarball
-
-  sh 'scp', tarball, "#{CONFIG[:remote_path]}/universal-ctags"
-
+task 'universal-ctags', [:version] do |_, arguments|
   package = Package.new 'development/universal-ctags',
-    version: version,
-    homepage: 'https://ctags.io/'
-  download = "https://download.dlackware.com/hosted-sources/universal-ctags/ctags-#{ENV['COMMIT']}.tar.xz"
+    version: arguments[:version],
+    homepage: 'https://ctags.io/',
+    requires: ['%README%']
+
+  uri = "https://github.com/universal-ctags/ctags/archive/#{arguments[:version]}/ctags-#{arguments[:version]}.tar.gz"
+  tarball = "slackbuilds/development/universal-ctags/ctags-#{arguments[:version]}.tar.gz"
+  checksum = download URI(uri), tarball
+  download = "https://download.dlackware.com/hosted-sources/universal-ctags/ctags-#{arguments[:version]}.tar.gz"
 
   write_info package,
     downloads: [Download.new(download, checksum.hexdigest)]
-  update_slackbuild_version 'development/universal-ctags', version
-  sh 'sed',
-    '-i',
-    "s#^GITVERSION=${GITVERSION:-.\\+#GITVERSION=${GITVERSION:-#{ENV['COMMIT']}}#",
-    'slackbuilds/development/universal-ctags/universal-ctags.SlackBuild'
+  update_slackbuild_version 'development/universal-ctags', arguments[:version]
+  sh 'scp', tarball, "#{CONFIG[:remote_path]}/universal-ctags"
 
-  commit 'development/universal-ctags', version
+  commit 'development/universal-ctags', arguments[:version]
 end
 
 task :hhvm do