diff --git a/srcpkgs/ttfautohint/template b/srcpkgs/ttfautohint/template
index 496ddeb92bb..6096ec06eb4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ttfautohint/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ttfautohint/template
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ pkgname=ttfautohint
 version=1.8.3
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+build_helper=qmake
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config qt5-host-tools qt5-qmake perl"
 makedepends="freetype-devel harfbuzz-devel qt5-devel"
 short_desc="Tools for automated hinting process and finely hand-hinting"
 maintainer="Renato Aguiar <renato@renag.me>"
@@ -11,7 +12,3 @@ license="GPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="https://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint/"
 distfiles="http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/ttfautohint-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=87bb4932571ad57536a7cc20b31fd15bc68cb5429977eb43d903fa61617cf87e
-
-if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends+=" qt5-host-tools qt5-devel"
-fi