diff --git a/srcpkgs/mingw-w64-binutils/template b/srcpkgs/mingw-w64-binutils/template
index 2104ce96ef..a0e4d1b754 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mingw-w64-binutils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mingw-w64-binutils/template
@@ -23,56 +23,45 @@ long_desc="
 
  * This is a special version for mingw-w64."
 
-wrksrc=binutils-$version
-
 Add_dependency run glibc
 Add_dependency run zlib
-Add_dependency run gmp
-Add_dependency run mpfr
 
-Add_dependency build gcc
-Add_dependency build make
 Add_dependency build sed
 Add_dependency build gawk
-Add_dependency build bison
 Add_dependency build flex
-Add_dependency build gettext
-Add_dependency build texinfo
 Add_dependency build coreutils
-Add_dependency build binutils
-Add_dependency build gmp-devel
-Add_dependency build mpfr-devel
+
+wrksrc=binutils-$version
+
+_mingwprefix=/opt
+
+if [ "${xbps_machine}" = "x86_64" ]; then
+	_mingwtriplet="${xbps_machine}-w64-mingw32"
+	_target_args="--enable-targets=${_mingwtriplet},i686-w64-mingw32"
+	_multilib_args="--enable-multilib --enable-64-bit-bfd"
+else
+	_mingwtriplet="${xbps_machine}-w32-mingw32"
+	_target_args="--enable-targets=${_mingwtriplet}"
+	_multilib_args="--disable-multilib"
+fi
 
 do_build()
 {
-	if [ "${xbps_machine}" = "x86_64" ]; then
-		_triplet="${xbps_machine}-w64-mingw32"
-		_target_args="--enable-targets=${_triplet},i686-w64-mingw32"
-		_multilib_args="--enable-multilib --enable-64-bit-bfd"
-	else
-		_triplet="${xbps_machine}-w32-mingw32"
-		_target_args="--enable-targets=${_triplet}"
-		_multilib_args="--disable-multilib"
-	fi
-
-	./configure ${CONFIGURE_SHARED_ARGS} --enable-threads \
-		--target=${_triplet} ${_target_args} ${_multilib_args} \
-		--enable-plugins --enable-secureplt --with-mmap
+	./configure --prefix=${_mingwprefix} --enable-threads \
+		--target=${_mingwtriplet} ${_target_args} ${_multilib_args} \
+		--enable-plugins --enable-secureplt --with-mmap --disable-nls \
+		--exec-prefix=${_mingwprefix}/${_mingwtriplet}
 
 	make ${makejobs}
 }
 
 do_install()
 {
-	# 'tools' are installed in ${DESTDIR}/${_triplet}/bin
 	make DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install
 
-	# Remove info files that conflict with system binutils.
-	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/info
-
 	# Remove lib64 directory and it's only file: libiberty.a
-	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib64
+	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/${_mingwprefix}/${_mingwtriplet}/lib64
 
-	# Remove extra locales
-	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/locale
+	# Remove useless manpages
+	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/${_mingwprefix}/share
 }