diff --git a/srcpkgs/wf-shell/template b/srcpkgs/wf-shell/template
index d9163376795..8e47f341bb6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/wf-shell/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/wf-shell/template
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ _gvc_hash="468022b708fc1a56154f3b0cc5af3b938fb3e9fb"
 create_wrksrc=yes
 build_wrksrc=${pkgname}-${version}
 build_style=meson
+build_helper="gir"
 hostmakedepends="gobject-introspection pkg-config wayland-devel"
 makedepends="alsa-lib-devel pulseaudio-devel gtkmm-devel
  gtk+3-devel libevdev-devel wlroots-devel wf-config-devel"
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/WayfireWM/wf-shell/archive/${version}.tar.gz
 checksum="326c732415a10215997c0915741fd561a306412327fae123eab67f1af9ee41de
  0b66a943375e3c8f597ca293f8e0ca0cfa585163ed5a7dfb7956c02147c40c17
  3ab63b0073bf21cab80b3974c9f6aa969ff1a4c4911aae6a09681c7d1b2b785f"
-nocross="gobject-introspection from gtk-layer-shell"
 
 post_extract() {
 	_gtklayershell_dir="${build_wrksrc}/subprojects/gtk-layer-shell"