diff --git a/srcpkgs/gimp/template b/srcpkgs/gimp/template
index 4c5b31c329..364056a705 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gimp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gimp/template
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@ distfiles="https://download.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v${version%.*}/gimp-${version}.tar
 checksum=65bfe111e8eebffd3dde3016ccb507f9948d2663d9497cb438d9bb609e11d716
 python_version=2 #unverified
 lib32disabled=yes
+no_generic_pkgconfig_link=yes
 
 pre_configure() {
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 autoreconf -fi
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		sed -i 's:^py_prefix=`:py_prefix='"$XBPS_CROSS_BASE"'`:' configure
-		rm "${XBPS_WRAPPERDIR}/pkg-config"
-		export PKG_CONFIG="${XBPS_WRAPPERDIR}/${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET}-pkg-config"
 	fi
 }