diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-src-utils/template b/srcpkgs/xbps-src-utils/template
index d65b6d44e2..804c64dc45 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xbps-src-utils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps-src-utils/template
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ pkgname=xbps-src-utils
 version="$(date -u +%Y%m%d)"
 homepage="https://github.com/davehome/xbps-src-utils"
 build_style=configure
-configure_args="--prefix=/usr"
-makedepends="git pkg-config vala-devel glib-devel libgee-devel libxbps-devel"
+configure_args="--prefix=/usr --etcdir=/etc"
+makedepends="git pkg-config flex bison libxbps-devel"
 revision=1
 short_desc="Various tools for xbps-src in C (like repo-checkvers)"
 maintainer="davehome <davehome@redthumb.info.tm>"
-license="Simplified BSD, GPL"
+license="Simplified BSD"
 long_desc="
  Various tools for xbps-src in C (like repo-checkvers)
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-src-utils/xbps-src-utils.rshlibs b/srcpkgs/xbps-src-utils/xbps-src-utils.rshlibs
index 63449cb380..b31e1eb849 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xbps-src-utils/xbps-src-utils.rshlibs
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps-src-utils/xbps-src-utils.rshlibs
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
 libc.so.6
-libpthread.so.0
-libgio-2.0.so.0
-libgobject-2.0.so.0
-libglib-2.0.so.0
 libprop.so.0
 libxbps.so.0