diff --git a/srcpkgs/libaccounts-glib/template b/srcpkgs/libaccounts-glib/template
index ad3a6e0621..9b86ed45ed 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libaccounts-glib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libaccounts-glib/template
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ checksum=eebb1c6debfcf929efb388a0f28d8cc8ec9b32f273e4abe4224a33e5d299cd73
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	# Remove docs. During install of package, it will try
 	# to run target binary with host, which causes exec error
-		pre_build() {
-			vsed -e '/docs/d' -i meson.build
-		}
+	post_patch() {
+		vsed -e '/docs/d' -i meson.build
+	}
 fi
 
 libaccounts-glib-devel_package() {