diff --git a/aegir-dev.make b/aegir-dev.make
index 8507ddf250f6b6b9d48fa5793f937fd648115209..8242156b3031ab2a91f5c417d2c7b14d79f21519 100644
--- a/aegir-dev.make
+++ b/aegir-dev.make
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 core = 7.x
 api = 2
 
-; BOA-2.4.0-dev
-
 ; this makefile fetches the latest Aegir code from git from drupal.org
 ; it shouldn't really change at all apart from major upgrades, where
 ; the branch will change
diff --git a/aegir-release.make b/aegir-release.make
index 6141672a5aec2a9f65ed690d6135f6475df5b79b..528e585d70a03c3072baf9288554bdf3b2c27b4e 100644
--- a/aegir-release.make
+++ b/aegir-release.make
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 core = 7.x
 api = 2
 
-; BOA-2.4.0-dev
-
 ; this makefile fetches the latest release from Drupal.org
 ; it is maintained through the release.sh script
 projects[hostmaster][type] = "core"
diff --git a/aegir.make b/aegir.make
index 9fed58152f24965acec554ad6c9d39ca6a573da4..f2d2b5900af4be4d30d638c5a25afd6bfd458516 100644
--- a/aegir.make
+++ b/aegir.make
@@ -4,13 +4,12 @@
 api = 2
 core = 6.x
 
-; BOA-2.4.0-dev
+; BOA-2.4.0
 
 projects[pressflow][type] = "core"
 projects[pressflow][download][type] = "get"
 projects[pressflow][download][url] = "http://files.aegir.cc/core/pressflow-6.34.1.tar.gz"
 
 projects[hostmaster][type] = "profile"
-projects[hostmaster][download][type] = "git"
-projects[hostmaster][download][url] = "https://github.com/omega8cc/hostmaster.git"
-projects[hostmaster][download][branch] = "2.4.x-profile"
+projects[hostmaster][download][type] = "get"
+projects[hostmaster][download][url] = "http://files.aegir.cc/versions/stable/tar/hostmaster-BOA-2.4.0.tar.gz"