diff --git a/srcpkgs/smplayer/template b/srcpkgs/smplayer/template
index 6c771bb589..600edbb3a0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/smplayer/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/smplayer/template
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pkgname=smplayer
 version=19.10.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
+build_helper=qmake
 hostmakedepends="qt5-host-tools qt5-tools qt5-script-devel"
 makedepends="zlib-devel qt5-script-devel qt5-tools-devel"
 depends="hicolor-icon-theme desktop-file-utils"
@@ -14,44 +15,11 @@ distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=54f751c62977899307c838936d05018b0a4884ee95e0e0415ceb92054286076b
 
 # upstream bug report https://sourceforge.net/p/smplayer/bugs/935/
-if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_WORDSIZE" == "32" ];
-then
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_WORDSIZE" == "32" ]; then
 	broken="embedded web server does not compile on 32 bit architectures"
 fi
 
 pre_build() {
-	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	cat > "${wrksrc}/qt.conf" <<_EOF
-[Paths]
-Sysroot=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}
-Prefix=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr
-ArchData=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib/qt5
-Data=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/share/qt5
-Documentation=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/share/doc/qt5
-Headers=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/qt5
-Libraries=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib
-LibraryExecutables=/usr/lib/qt5/libexec
-Binaries=/usr/lib/qt5/bin
-Tests=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/tests
-Plugins=/usr/lib/qt5/plugins
-Imports=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib/qt5/imports
-Qml2Imports=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib/qt5/qml
-Translations=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/share/qt5/translations
-Settings=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/etc/xdg
-Examples=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/share/qt5/examples
-HostPrefix=/usr
-HostData=/usr/lib/qt5
-HostBinaries=/usr/lib/qt5/bin
-HostLibraries=/usr/lib
-Spec=linux-g++
-TargetSpec=linux-g++
-_EOF
-		export QMAKE_OPTS="QMAKE_CC=$CC QMAKE_CXX=$CXX QMAKE_LINK=$CXX QMAKE_CFLAGS=\"${CFLAGS}\" \
-			QMAKE_CXXFLAGS=\"${CXXFLAGS}\" QMAKE_LFLAGS=\"${LDFLAGS}\" -qtconf ${wrksrc}/qt.conf"
-	else
-		export QMAKE_OPTS="QMAKE_CC=$CC QMAKE_CXX=$CXX QMAKE_LINK=$CXX QMAKE_CFLAGS=\"${CFLAGS}\" \
-			QMAKE_CXXFLAGS=\"${CXXFLAGS}\" QMAKE_LFLAGS=\"${LDFLAGS}\""
-	fi
 	sed -i 's:#\(DEFINES += NO_DEBUG_ON_CONSOLE\):\1:' src/smplayer.pro
 	sed -i 's|PREFIX=/usr/local|PREFIX=/usr|' Makefile
 	sed -i 's|DOC_PATH=$(PREFIX)/share/doc/packages/smplayer|DOC_PATH=$(PREFIX)/share/doc/smplayer|' Makefile