diff --git a/srcpkgs/libmusicbrainz5/template b/srcpkgs/libmusicbrainz5/template
index 0fa574b37ee..7565f513e63 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libmusicbrainz5/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libmusicbrainz5/template
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 pkgname=libmusicbrainz5
 version=5.1.0
 revision=4
-build_style=cmake
-make_build_args="make-c-interface all"
 wrksrc="libmusicbrainz-${version}"
+build_style=cmake
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="neon-devel libxml2-devel"
 short_desc="Library That Provides Access to the MusicBrainz Server (5.x)"
@@ -19,6 +18,10 @@ if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 fi
 
 pre_configure() {
+	# The line 'DEPENDS ... *.inc' in src/CMakeLists.txt produces this error:
+	# *** No rule to make target 'src/*.inc', needed by 'src/mb5_c.cc'.  Stop.
+	# We do not edit the *.inc files thus just remove the '*.inc'
+	vsed -i src/CMakeLists.txt -e "s; \*\.inc;;"
 	# Building for the host architecture is needed to generate C interface source files
 	# see https://github.com/metabrainz/libmusicbrainz/blob/master/INSTALL.txt
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
@@ -26,14 +29,10 @@ pre_configure() {
 		cd build-native
 	        CC=${CC_host} CFLAGS=${XBPS_CFLAGS} CXX=${CXX_host} \
 		CXXFLAGS=${XBPS_CXXFLAGS} LDFLAGS=${XBPS_LDFLAGS} cmake ..
-		make ${makejobs} make-c-interface
+		make ${makejobs}
 		configure_args+=" -DIMPORT_EXECUTABLES=../build-native/ImportExecutables.cmake"
 		cd ..
 	fi
-	# The line 'DEPENDS ... *.inc' in src/CMakeLists.txt produces this error:
-	# *** No rule to make target 'src/*.inc', needed by 'src/mb5_c.cc'.  Stop.
-	# We do not edit the *.inc files thus just remove the '*.inc'
-	vsed -i src/CMakeLists.txt -e "s; \*\.inc;;"
 }
 
 libmusicbrainz5-devel_package() {