diff --git a/contrib/org.freedesktop.fwupd.json b/contrib/org.freedesktop.fwupd.json
index 0f97c42ee..a94957a51 100644
--- a/contrib/org.freedesktop.fwupd.json
+++ b/contrib/org.freedesktop.fwupd.json
@@ -137,9 +137,9 @@
             ],
             "sources": [
                 {
-                    "type": "git",
-                    "url": "https://github.com/dell/libsmbios.git",
-                    "branch": "master" /* FIXME: needed for the flatpak fixes... */
+                    "type": "archive",
+                    "url": "https://github.com/dell/libsmbios/archive/v2.4.2.tar.gz",
+                    "sha256": "ebfe18415e24bbec06d0a9ea1066c8dcd82982555373712713d7e194138650de"
                 }
             ]
         },
diff --git a/contrib/snap/snapcraft-stable.yaml b/contrib/snap/snapcraft-stable.yaml
index a6c05b423..4b681395d 100644
--- a/contrib/snap/snapcraft-stable.yaml
+++ b/contrib/snap/snapcraft-stable.yaml
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ parts:
     after: [libefivar-dev]
   libsmbios:
     plugin: autotools
-    source: https://github.com/dell/libsmbios
-    source-type: git
+    source: https://github.com/dell/libsmbios/archive/v2.4.2.tar.gz
     build-packages:
       - libxml2-dev
       - pkg-config