diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-tkinter/template b/srcpkgs/python-tkinter/template
index 6614fca72bd..d07d24c7756 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-tkinter/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-tkinter/template
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ do_configure() {
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		mkdir -p host-build
 		cd host-build
-		env -i PATH=$PATH ../configure
-		env -i PATH=$PATH make ${makejobs} python
+		env -i PATH=$PATH XBPS_ARCH=$XBPS_ARCH ../configure
+		env -i PATH=$PATH XBPS_ARCH=$XBPS_ARCH make ${makejobs} python
 		mkdir -p ../hostpython
 		mv python ../hostpython
 		cd ..
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python/template b/srcpkgs/python/template
index 71830f531a0..a9702c5ded0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python/template
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ do_configure() {
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		mkdir -p host-build
 		cd host-build
-		env -i PATH=$PATH ../configure
-		env -i PATH=$PATH make ${makejobs} python
+		env -i PATH=$PATH XBPS_ARCH=$XBPS_ARCH ../configure
+		env -i PATH=$PATH XBPS_ARCH=$XBPS_ARCH make ${makejobs} python
 		mkdir -p ../hostpython
 		mv python ../hostpython
 		cd ..
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-tkinter/template b/srcpkgs/python3-tkinter/template
index bd44ed68023..f2faf76ad5b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-tkinter/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-tkinter/template
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ do_configure() {
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		mkdir -p host-build
 		cd host-build
-		env -i PATH=$PATH CFLAGS=-Os ../configure
-		env -i PATH=$PATH make ${makejobs} python
+		env -i PATH=$PATH XBPS_ARCH=$XBPS_ARCH CFLAGS=-Os ../configure
+		env -i PATH=$PATH XBPS_ARCH=$XBPS_ARCH make ${makejobs} python
 		mkdir -p ../hostpython
 		mv python ../hostpython
 		cd ..
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3/template b/srcpkgs/python3/template
index 6f712d3e074..899e99be53c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3/template
@@ -28,17 +28,18 @@ alternatives="
 
 pre_configure() {
 	# Ensure that internal copies of expat and libffi are not used
-	rm -r Modules/expat
-	rm -r Modules/_ctypes/{darwin,libffi}*
+	rm -rf Modules/expat
+	rm -rf Modules/_ctypes/{darwin,libffi}*
 }
+
 do_configure() {
 	local _args
 	unset GCC CC CXX CPP LD AR AS RANLIB
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		mkdir -p host-build
 		cd host-build
-		env -i PATH=$PATH CFLAGS=-Os ../configure
-		env -i PATH=$PATH make ${makejobs} python
+		env -i PATH=$PATH XBPS_ARCH=$XBPS_ARCH CFLAGS=-Os ../configure
+		env -i PATH=$PATH XBPS_ARCH=$XBPS_ARCH make ${makejobs} python
 		mkdir -p ../hostpython
 		mv python ../hostpython
 		cd ..