diff --git a/pkg/fedora/make-dist.sh b/pkg/fedora/make-dist.sh
index 6777ae773..564ce02fb 100755
--- a/pkg/fedora/make-dist.sh
+++ b/pkg/fedora/make-dist.sh
@@ -126,8 +126,7 @@ function checkout()
             git clone --quiet $GIT_REPO;
             (
                 cd diaspora;
-                git remote add upstream \
-                    git://github.com/diaspora/diaspora.git
+                git remote add upstream $GIT_REPO
                 for p in ../../*.patch; do
                     git apply --whitespace=fix  $p  > /dev/null
                 done &> /dev/null || :