diff --git a/_service b/_service
deleted file mode 100644
index fa38e3e..0000000
--- a/_service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<services>
-  <service name="tar_scm" mode="disabled">
-    <param name="scm">git</param>
-    <param name="url">https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk.git</param>
-    <param name="revision">master</param>
-    <param name="versionformat">@PARENT_TAG@+@TAG_OFFSET@~git%ci</param>
-    <param name="versionrewrite-pattern">v(.*)</param>
-    <param name="revision">refs/tags/v1.7.1</param>
-    <param name="changesgenerate">disable</param>
-  </service>
-  <service name="recompress" mode="disabled">
-    <param name="file">*.tar</param>
-    <param name="compression">xz</param>
-  </service>
-  <service name="set_version" mode="disabled" />
-  <!-- <service name="download_files" mode="disabled"/> -->
-</services>
diff --git a/dxvk-1.7.1+6~git20200824T101020.tar.xz b/dxvk-1.7.1+6~git20200824T101020.tar.xz
deleted file mode 100644
index a43ffa2..0000000
--- a/dxvk-1.7.1+6~git20200824T101020.tar.xz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:207e1c318f61e1b84dfb331a74d63c9633c22aad5553e6d371beadb44a872ca0
-size 736396
diff --git a/dxvk-1.7.1.tar.gz b/dxvk-1.7.1.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3db047
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dxvk-1.7.1.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:6ce66c4e01196ed022604e90383593aea02c9016bde92c6840aa58805d5fc588
+size 7863711
diff --git a/dxvk.changes b/dxvk.changes
index ebfd04e..52ddb79 100644
--- a/dxvk.changes
+++ b/dxvk.changes
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Sat Sep  5 17:49:06 UTC 2020 - Marcus Meissner <meissner@suse.com>
 
 - updated to 1.7.1
+- switch to using release tarballs, removed git service
 
 - fixes and Improvements
 
diff --git a/dxvk.spec b/dxvk.spec
index 657bbf9..7c07876 100644
--- a/dxvk.spec
+++ b/dxvk.spec
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 
 
 Name:           dxvk
-Version:        1.7.1+0~git20200813T191020
+Version:        1.7.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Vulkan-based D3D11 implementation for Linux / Wine
 License:        zlib-acknowledgement
 Group:          System/Emulators/PC
 Url:            https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk
-Source0:        %{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
+Source0:        https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/download/v%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
 BuildRequires:  wine
 BuildRequires:  meson