diff --git a/aports/main/qemu/APKBUILD b/aports/main/qemu/APKBUILD
index aebf3aa7..9642af12 100644
--- a/aports/main/qemu/APKBUILD
+++ b/aports/main/qemu/APKBUILD
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 pkgname=qemu
-pkgver=2.12.0
-pkgrel=5
+pkgver=9999
+_pkgver=2.12.0
+pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="QEMU is a generic machine emulator and virtualizer"
 url="http://qemu.org/"
 arch="all"
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ subpackages="$subpackages qemu-modules:_all_modules"
 
 subpackages="$subpackages $pkgname-img"  # -img must be declared the last
 
-source="http://wiki.qemu-project.org/download/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.xz
+source="http://wiki.qemu-project.org/download/$pkgname-$_pkgver.tar.xz
 	0001-elfload-load-PIE-executables-to-right-address.patch
 	0006-linux-user-signal.c-define-__SIGRTMIN-MAX-for-non-GN.patch
 	0001-linux-user-fix-build-with-musl-on-aarch64.patch
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ source="http://wiki.qemu-project.org/download/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.xz
 	80-kvm.rules
 	bridge.conf
 	"
-builddir="$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
+builddir="$srcdir/$pkgname-$_pkgver"
 
 # secfixes:
 #   2.8.1-r1: