diff --git a/srcpkgs/libunwind/template b/srcpkgs/libunwind/template
index dbbd7e0949..e3de42f464 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libunwind/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libunwind/template
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pkgname=libunwind
 version=1.1
 revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="libtool automake"
 makedepends="liblzma-devel"
 short_desc="Portable and efficient C programming interface (API) to determine the call-chain of a program"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
@@ -11,12 +12,9 @@ license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=9dfe0fcae2a866de9d3942c66995e4b460230446887dbdab302d41a8aee8d09a
 
-if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends="libtool automake"
-	pre_configure() {
-		autoreconf -fi
-	}
-fi
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+}
 
 libunwind-devel_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}"