diff --git a/srcpkgs/jep/template b/srcpkgs/jep/template
index 6f6350fdd00..c936c94f83f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/jep/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/jep/template
@@ -13,8 +13,14 @@ changelog="https://github.com/ninia/jep/releases"
 distfiles="https://github.com/ninia/jep/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=152894b8323a905ba98281e26406856c4197f8a42f9839d01dacd98c4a6f1bff
 
-. /etc/profile.d/jdk.sh
-export LDFLAGS="-L${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/${JAVA_HOME}/lib/server"
+pre_build() {
+	. /etc/profile.d/jdk.sh
+	export LDFLAGS="-L${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/${JAVA_HOME}/lib/server"
+}
+
+pre_install() {
+	. /etc/profile.d/jdk.sh
+}
 
 post_install() {
 	ln -sf jep.so ${DESTDIR}/${py3_sitelib}/jep/libjep.so