diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-tkinter/template b/srcpkgs/python-tkinter/template
index a1f2834554..003f3bb28d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-tkinter/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-tkinter/template
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ do_configure() {
 		cd ..
 		patch -Np0 -i ${FILESDIR}/Python-2.7.6-xcompile.patch
 	fi
-	./configure ${configure_args} --build=${XBPS_MACHINE}-unknown-linux-gnu \
+	./configure ${configure_args} \
 		--with-threads --enable-ipv6 --with-signal-module \
 		--with-system-ffi --enable-unicode=ucs4 --with-system-expat \
 		--with-wctype-functions --enable-shared \