diff --git a/srcpkgs/citations/template b/srcpkgs/citations/template
index feb839767cd..5dbdc7c9fa6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/citations/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/citations/template
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/citations"
 distfiles="https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/citations/-/archive/${version}/citations-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=77ac6a7cc442de74eccfc3f07687803cd1feca2da348753eddd34404b94bf253
-_meson_builddir="${XBPS_BUILDDIR}/citations-${version}/build"
 
 # Allows the cross build to know where the file is placed--build.ninja does not account for cross build
 pre_build() {