diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbindkeys/template b/srcpkgs/xbindkeys/template
index aa01acf534..1c1e55b782 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xbindkeys/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbindkeys/template
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ pkgname=xbindkeys
 version=1.8.7
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-makedepends="pkg-config libX11-devel guile-devel guile gc-devel"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="libX11-devel guile-devel guile gc-devel"
 depends="guile"
 short_desc="Launch shell commands with your keyboard or your mouse under X"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
@@ -11,9 +12,3 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://www.nongnu.org/xbindkeys/xbindkeys.html"
 distfiles="http://www.nongnu.org/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=a29b86a8ec91d4abc83b420e547da27470847d0efe808aa6e75147aa0adb82f2
-
-if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	CFLAGS="-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/guile/2.0"
-	configure_args="ac_cv_path_GUILE=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib
-	 ac_cv_path_GUILE_CONFIG=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/bin/guile-config"
-fi