diff --git a/srcpkgs/gmpc/patches/locale-dir.patch b/srcpkgs/gmpc/patches/locale-dir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8398823dd76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gmpc/patches/locale-dir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- a/configure
++++ b/configure
+@@ -11347,7 +11347,7 @@ fi
+ 
+     ;;
+     *)
+-    DATADIRNAME=lib
++    DATADIRNAME=share
+     ;;
+     esac
+ fi
+@@ -15026,7 +15026,7 @@ fi
+ 	    ;;
+ 	    *)
+ 	    CATOBJEXT=.mo
+-            DATADIRNAME=lib
++            DATADIRNAME=share
+ 	    ;;
+ 	    esac
+ fi
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gmpc/patches/no-mallard-check.patch b/srcpkgs/gmpc/patches/no-mallard-check.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f36891f2849
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gmpc/patches/no-mallard-check.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- a/doc/Makefile.am
++++ b/doc/Makefile.am
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ man_MANS = gmpc.1 gmpc-remote.1 gmpc-remote-stream.1
+ EXTRA_DIST = $(man_MANS)
+ 
+-SUBDIRS=Mallard
++SUBDIRS=
+ 
+ .PHONY: doc
+ doc: Manual.txt
+--- a/doc/Makefile.in
++++ b/doc/Makefile.in
+@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ unique_CFLAGS = @unique_CFLAGS@
+ unique_LIBS = @unique_LIBS@
+ man_MANS = gmpc.1 gmpc-remote.1 gmpc-remote-stream.1
+ EXTRA_DIST = $(man_MANS)
+-SUBDIRS = Mallard
++SUBDIRS =
+ all: all-recursive
+ 
+ .SUFFIXES:
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gmpc/template b/srcpkgs/gmpc/template
index 9993e6c49df..ec0c03ade91 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gmpc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gmpc/template
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config gob2 intltool vala"
 makedepends="gtk+-devel libSM-devel libmpd-devel libunique1-devel libsoup-devel sqlite-devel"
 depends="xdg-utils hicolor-icon-theme"
-checkdepends="gnome-doc-utils"
 short_desc="Gnome Music Player Client - The true MPD client"
 maintainer="Dave Davenport <qball@gmpclient.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
@@ -16,10 +15,6 @@ checksum=a69414f35396846733632ca9619921d7acda537ffd6d49bd84b444945cb76b2c
 
 LDFLAGS="-lm"
 
-post_patch() {
-	vsed -i -e 's/DATADIRNAME=lib/DATADIRNAME=share/' configure
-}
-
 gmpc-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	depends="gtk+-devel libmpd-devel"