diff --git a/bootstrap-plugins.sh b/bootstrap-plugins.sh
index cad3c8f..5b2cbe3 100755
--- a/bootstrap-plugins.sh
+++ b/bootstrap-plugins.sh
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ fi # PAWPAW_SKIP_LV2
 if [ -z "${PAWPAW_SKIP_LV2}" ] || [ "${PAWPAW_SKIP_LV2}" -eq 0 ]; then
 
 if [ "${LV2LINT_SUPPORTED}" -eq 1 ]; then
-    git_clone lv2lint "${LV2LINT_VERSION}" "${LV2LINT_URL}"
+    download lv2lint "${LV2LINT_VERSION}" "${LV2LINT_URL}"
     build_meson lv2lint "${LV2LINT_VERSION}"
     # "-Donline-tests=true -Delf-tests=true"
 fi
diff --git a/setup/versions.sh b/setup/versions.sh
index 3a6a76b..97e45fc 100644
--- a/setup/versions.sh
+++ b/setup/versions.sh
@@ -114,8 +114,9 @@ SRATOM_URL=${DROBILLA_URL}
 LILV_VERSION=0.24.24
 LILV_URL=${DROBILLA_URL}
 
-LV2LINT_VERSION=ea7126042356d245610ecf7a56354dd196fafff7 # 0.16.2
-LV2LINT_URL=https://git.open-music-kontrollers.ch/~hp/lv2lint
+LV2LINT_VERSION=0.16.2
+# NOTE upstream host is often down
+LV2LINT_URL=${KXSTUDIO_FILES_URL}
 
 KXSTUDIO_LV2_EXTENSIONS_VERSION=6e76943b360b65b18cf95a9bd1a3bfd155d0630b
 KXSTUDIO_LV2_EXTENSIONS_URL=https://github.com/KXStudio/LV2-Extensions.git