diff --git a/srcpkgs/scanmem/template b/srcpkgs/scanmem/template
index e33c04d7cf..61bae393fb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/scanmem/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/scanmem/template
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pkgname=scanmem
 version=0.17
 revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--disable-static --enable-gui"
 hostmakedepends="libtool intltool m4 automake python"
 makedepends="readline-devel gettext-devel"
 depends="polkit gtk+3 python-gobject"
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@ license="GPL-3"
 homepage="https://github.com/scanmem/scanmem"
 distfiles="https://github.com/${pkgname}/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=f02054b91322cf41517506158fcb74554e9fc6644e696f8aa25e5acf162d374b
-configure_args="--disable-static --enable-gui"
 CFLAGS="-D__NEED_pid_t"
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in