diff --git a/srcpkgs/texlive/template b/srcpkgs/texlive/template
index f416e853534..42d7bfcdf45 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/texlive/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/texlive/template
@@ -172,16 +172,6 @@ post_patch() {
 	popd
 }
 
-pre_configure() {
-	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ] ; then
-		# For some reason, when cross-building, the configure script has this path
-		# for freetype2 include:
-		# /usr/x86_64-linux-musl/usr/x86_64-linux-musl/usr/include/freetype2.
-		# It shouldn't have two /usr/x86_64-linux-musl's, add it to CPPFLAGS.
-		CPPFLAGS="-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/freetype2"
-	fi
-}
-
 pre_build() {
 	if [ -n "$build_option_luajit" ] ; then
 		export HOST_CC="${_luajit_host_cc}"