diff --git a/recipes/expat/recipe.toml b/recipes/expat/recipe.toml
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+[source]
+tar = "https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/download/R_2_2_6/expat-2.2.6.tar.bz2"
+
+[build]
+template = "configure"