diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-tkinter/template b/srcpkgs/python3-tkinter/template
index 4ee244cde5..580463b906 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-tkinter/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-tkinter/template
@@ -62,24 +62,23 @@ do_check() {
 
 do_install() {
 	export PATH="$PATH:$wrksrc/hostpython"
-	make DESTDIR=${wrksrc}/${pkgname}-${version}-install altinstall
+
+	mkdir -p ${wrksrc}/tmp-destdir/usr/lib
+	ln -s lib ${wrksrc}/tmp-destdir/usr/lib${XBPS_TARGET_WORDSIZE}
+
+	make DESTDIR=${wrksrc}/tmp-destdir altinstall
 	vlicense LICENSE
 
 	# We only care for the idle and tkinter modules.
 	vmkdir usr/bin
 	vmkdir usr/lib/python${version%.*}/lib-dynload
-	if [ -e ${wrksrc}/${pkgname}-${version}-install/usr/lib32 ]; then
-		_libdir=lib32
-	else
-		_libdir=lib
-	fi
-	mv ${wrksrc}/${pkgname}-${version}-install/usr/bin/idle${version%.*} \
+	mv ${wrksrc}/tmp-destdir/usr/bin/idle${version%.*} \
 		${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/idle${version%.*}
 	for lib in idlelib tkinter turtledemo turtle.py; do
-		mv ${wrksrc}/${pkgname}-${version}-install/usr/lib/python${version%.*}/${lib} \
+		mv ${wrksrc}/tmp-destdir/usr/lib/python${version%.*}/${lib} \
 			${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/python${version%.*}/
 	done
-	mv ${wrksrc}/${pkgname}-${version}-install/usr/${_libdir}/python${version%.*}/lib-dynload/_tkinter.cpython-*.so \
+	mv ${wrksrc}/tmp-destdir/usr/lib/python${version%.*}/lib-dynload/_tkinter.cpython-*.so \
 		${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/python${version%.*}/lib-dynload/
 	ln -sf idle${version%.*} ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/idle3
 }