diff --git a/srcpkgs/dateutils/template b/srcpkgs/dateutils/template
index c4e1fe1c20..9d5d4df1ea 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dateutils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dateutils/template
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ homepage="http://www.fresse.org/dateutils/"
 distfiles="https://bitbucket.org/hroptatyr/dateutils/downloads/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=ecdae892584098ee9d8f5b14bd555fd63e09d1199cb75aac6b02f09c7e2eb46b
 
+post_extract() {
+	sed -i '/sysctl\.h/d' build-aux/yuck.c
+}
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 	rm ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/${pkgname}/LICENSE