diff --git a/srcpkgs/nghttp2/template b/srcpkgs/nghttp2/template
index f6c997eb52f..b529d06771e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nghttp2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nghttp2/template
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=nghttp2
 version=1.40.0
 revision=1
-build_style=cmake
-configure_args="-DWITH_LIBXML2=OFF -DWITH_JEMALLOC=OFF -DENABLE_EXAMPLES=OFF
- -DENABLE_FAILMALLOC=OFF -DENABLE_STATIC_LIB=ON"
+build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="zlib-devel libressl-devel libevent-devel jansson-devel
  libev-devel c-ares-devel"