diff --git a/srcpkgs/caja-dropbox/template b/srcpkgs/caja-dropbox/template
index 0beb6967905..fbb926e34aa 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/caja-dropbox/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/caja-dropbox/template
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'caja-dropbox'
 pkgname=caja-dropbox
-version=1.26.0
+version=1.28.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static"
-hostmakedepends="autoconf-archive gettext-devel libtool pkg-config
- python3-docutils python3-gobject gdk-pixbuf-devel which mate-common"
+hostmakedepends="gettext pkg-config python3-docutils python3-gobject
+ gdk-pixbuf"
 makedepends="libcaja-devel glib-devel gtk+3-devel python3-gobject-devel"
 depends="caja"
 short_desc="Dropbox extension for Caja file manager"
@@ -14,10 +14,13 @@ license="CC-BY-ND-3.0, GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://mate-desktop.org"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mate-desktop/caja-dropbox/master/NEWS"
 distfiles="https://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=9693d0c3426822d5b549e2241cd2b8a0ed552d4eebf2c87fa522e82b3fc8849b
+checksum=b74c38a994254bd3cf7cbc712bc2ec7516a0ca942aa6578526cdbd6aa6201963
 
-pre_configure() {
-	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
+post_patch() {
+	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		vsed -i 's/man_MANS =.*/man_MANS =/' \
+			Makefile.am Makefile.in
+	fi
 }
 
 post_install() {