diff --git a/gnu/packages/vim.scm b/gnu/packages/vim.scm
index ee8c3adb014..6d2d33f4b8a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/vim.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/vim.scm
@@ -1327,12 +1327,13 @@ change and add such surroundings in pairs.")
     (version "2.7.1")
     (source
      (origin
-       (method url-fetch)
-       (uri (string-append "https://github.com/jamessan/vim-gnupg/releases/"
-                           "download/v" version
-                           "/vim-gnupg-v" version ".tar.gz"))
+       (method git-fetch)
+       (uri (git-reference
+              (url "https://github.com/jamessan/vim-gnupg")
+              (commit (string-append "v" version))))
+       (file-name (git-file-name name version))
        (sha256
-        (base32 "02w8lgyyh7wgxysvmmcf9ja5c06vrbyh3alzvv97x8cfhrp0skn7"))))
+        (base32 "0fdri8vnd3k7vi4y6a2vrx4d9wkf56dm1qs4q3hc1wwqd2141qi3"))))
     (build-system vim-build-system)
     (arguments
      (list #:plugin-name "vim-gnupg"))
@@ -1344,8 +1345,6 @@ filename must have a @code{.gpg}, @code{.pgp} or @code{.asc} suffix.  When
 opening such a file the content is decrypted, and the content will be encrypted
 to all recipients before it is written.  This script turns off viminfo,
 swapfile, and undofile when editing encrypted files to increase security.")
-    (properties
-     '((release-monitoring-url . "https://github.com/jamessan/vim-gnupg/releases")))
     (license license:gpl2+)))
 
 (define-public vim-ctrlp