diff --git a/package/python-remi/Config.in b/package/python-remi/Config.in
index da2c2f4cfb..2ecd310bf2 100644
--- a/package/python-remi/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-remi/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_REMI
 	bool "python-remi"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_SSL # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SETUPTOOLS # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_LEGACY_CGI # runtime
 	help
 	  Remi is a GUI library for Python applications which transpiles
 	  an application's interface into HTML to be rendered in a web
diff --git a/package/python-remi/python-remi.hash b/package/python-remi/python-remi.hash
index e7937c3914..edae17e21c 100644
--- a/package/python-remi/python-remi.hash
+++ b/package/python-remi/python-remi.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/remi/json
-sha256  542df88e174bbd58fe763c49e5c2116f2c8413c1a934731069ed8c17bb9cd64c  remi-2022.7.27.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256
-sha256  3df7d3ad8904d7e99fc0810366483a7cbe5a43c13f7f913f1d7e5023f2ff7657  LICENSE
+sha256  8a84941a58952657c7940db2fd3adc6d1ae10a186a02ddc0f1963c353e6108b3  python-remi-2022.7.27-37-g18505f6439849c6e01695dd90dbf680d5ffb0a14.tar.gz
+sha256  bc198f9846c1da3a1c1b1fa2b12909b021365d1e7fe9b4039245edfcec3b7f7f  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-remi/python-remi.mk b/package/python-remi/python-remi.mk
index 419a3441a7..532c37c6c9 100644
--- a/package/python-remi/python-remi.mk
+++ b/package/python-remi/python-remi.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_REMI_VERSION = 2022.7.27
-PYTHON_REMI_SOURCE = remi-$(PYTHON_REMI_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_REMI_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/b7/5c/fca9d9273fc9d5f4ca0bc2f387ca19f8ba9979dcb75617d094e575dc2337
+PYTHON_REMI_VERSION = 2022.7.27-37-g18505f6439849c6e01695dd90dbf680d5ffb0a14
+PYTHON_REMI_SITE = $(call github,rawpython,remi,$(PYTHON_REMI_VERSION))
 
 PYTHON_REMI_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
 PYTHON_REMI_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE