diff --git a/srcpkgs/bcnc/template b/srcpkgs/bcnc/template
index c7e6eb32c8..c0c7bfb840 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bcnc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bcnc/template
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ archs=noarch
 wrksrc=bCNC-$version
 build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
-depends="python3-pyserial python3-Pillow python3-tkinter python3-numpy python3-scipy"
+depends="python3-pyserial python3-Pillow python3-tkinter python3-numpy python3-scipy
+ libopencv-python3"
 short_desc="GRBL CNC command sender, autoleveler and g-code editor"
 maintainer="Urs Schulz <voidpkgs@ursschulz.de>"
 license="GPL-2.0-only"
@@ -15,17 +16,6 @@ distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/b/bCNC/bCNC-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=2df238989184179726870559f0531aea1e85ae9369d194bf8dba3638107671d7
 nocross="libopencv-python3 is not cross-compilable"
 
-# opencv is not available on 32-bit ppc
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	ppc64*) ;;
-	ppc*) _no_opencv=yes;;
-esac
-
-# libopencv-python3 is optional
-if [ -z "$_no_opencv" ]; then
-	depends+=" libopencv-python3"
-fi
-
 post_install() {
 	vmkdir usr/share/applications
 	vmkdir usr/share/pixmaps