diff --git a/package/glibc/glibc.hash b/package/glibc/glibc.hash
index a7f1daacf9..e999129ccc 100644
--- a/package/glibc/glibc.hash
+++ b/package/glibc/glibc.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# Locally calculated (fetched from Github)
-sha256  7ed7900a90fd1b05fd49a25b1877515c6c3f1ab9ea9248af9d5d0e7fdb3fdd82  glibc-2.41-123-gfb4db64a04ad6c96cd1fbb7e02eb59323b1f2ac2.tar.gz
+# Locally calculated (fetched from git)
+sha256  3789146d175834dc4873f41bd87932cd6ad7c83d0b7bf340768ee6a927aac784  glibc-2.41-123-gfb4db64a04ad6c96cd1fbb7e02eb59323b1f2ac2-git4.tar.gz
 
 # Hashes for license files
 sha256  8177f97513213526df2cf6184d8ff986c675afb514d4e68a404010521b880643  COPYING
diff --git a/package/glibc/glibc.mk b/package/glibc/glibc.mk
index d8e178edad..7c07dd5923 100644
--- a/package/glibc/glibc.mk
+++ b/package/glibc/glibc.mk
@@ -8,14 +8,8 @@
 #   git describe --match 'glibc-*' --abbrev=40 origin/release/MAJOR.MINOR/master | cut -d '-' -f 2-
 # When updating the version, please also update localedef
 GLIBC_VERSION = 2.41-123-gfb4db64a04ad6c96cd1fbb7e02eb59323b1f2ac2
-
-# Upstream doesn't officially provide an https download link.
-# There is one (https://sourceware.org/git/glibc.git) but it's not reliable,
-# sometimes the connection times out. So use an unofficial github mirror.
-# When updating the version, check it on the official repository;
-# *NEVER* decide on a version string by looking at the mirror.
-# Then check that the mirror has been synced already (happens once a day.)
-GLIBC_SITE = $(call github,bminor,glibc,$(GLIBC_VERSION))
+GLIBC_SITE = https://sourceware.org/git/glibc.git
+GLIBC_SITE_METHOD = git
 
 GLIBC_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+ (programs), LGPL-2.1+, BSD-3-Clause, MIT (library)
 GLIBC_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LIB LICENSES
diff --git a/package/localedef/localedef.mk b/package/localedef/localedef.mk
index 925998a5f4..441145c38f 100644
--- a/package/localedef/localedef.mk
+++ b/package/localedef/localedef.mk
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
 # As in glibc.mk, generate version string using:
 #   git describe --match 'glibc-*' --abbrev=40 origin/release/MAJOR.MINOR/master | cut -d '-' -f 2-
 LOCALEDEF_VERSION = 2.41-123-gfb4db64a04ad6c96cd1fbb7e02eb59323b1f2ac2
-LOCALEDEF_SOURCE = glibc-$(LOCALEDEF_VERSION).tar.gz
-LOCALEDEF_SITE = $(call github,bminor,glibc,$(LOCALEDEF_VERSION))
+LOCALEDEF_SOURCE = glibc-$(LOCALEDEF_VERSION)$(BR_FMT_VERSION_git).tar.gz
+LOCALEDEF_SITE = https://sourceware.org/git/glibc.git
+LOCALEDEF_SITE_METHOD = git
 HOST_LOCALEDEF_DL_SUBDIR = glibc
 
 HOST_LOCALEDEF_DEPENDENCIES = \