diff --git a/srcpkgs/soundtouch/soundtouch-devel.template b/srcpkgs/soundtouch/soundtouch-devel.template
index 4dbd5da817..389369a824 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/soundtouch/soundtouch-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/soundtouch/soundtouch-devel.template
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'soundtouch-devel'.
 #
-noarch=yes
 depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}"
 short_desc="${short_desc} -- development files"
-long_desc="${long_desc}
-
- This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
 
 do_install() {
 	vmove usr/include usr
diff --git a/srcpkgs/soundtouch/template b/srcpkgs/soundtouch/template
index 6d7a85f23c..970720eddd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/soundtouch/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/soundtouch/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=2
 wrksrc=${pkgname}
 build_style=gnu-configure
 subpackages="${pkgname}-devel"
-makedepends="automake pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="libtool automake pkg-config"
 short_desc="SoundTouch Audio Processing Library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.surina.net/soundtouch"