diff --git a/srcpkgs/libical/template b/srcpkgs/libical/template
index da1b777528..2d97ec032b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libical/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libical/template
@@ -21,12 +21,11 @@ disable_parallel_build=yes
 build_options="gir"
 build_options_default="gir"
 
-post_configure() {
-	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-		# QEMU_SET_ENV=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/builddir/libical-3.0.8/build/lib
-		# in pre_build doesn't work??
-		ln -sf ../../lib/libical.so.3 build/src/libical-glib
-	fi
+pre_build() {
+	# export GIR_EXTRA_LIBS_PATH=$wrksrc/build/lib
+	# export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$wrksrc/build/lib
+	# export QEMU_SET_ENV=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$wrksrc/build/lib
+	export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lical"
 }
 
 libical-devel_package() {