diff --git a/srcpkgs/ckmame/template b/srcpkgs/ckmame/template
index 5c34fd395dc..1a035556223 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ckmame/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ckmame/template
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version=1.0
 revision=1
 wrksrc=${pkgname}-rel-${version//./-}
 build_style=cmake
+build_helper=qemu
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libxml2-devel libzip-devel sqlite-devel"
 short_desc="Program to check ROM sets for MAME"
@@ -13,10 +14,6 @@ homepage="https://nih.at/ckmame/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/nih-at/ckmame/archive/rel-${version//./-}.tar.gz>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=9fc5dcf1d2dd75351b2cdf43ce10fecda7d97c8c1a8dd0fe1f653229bb316130
 
-if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends+=" qemu-user-static"
-fi
-
 post_install() {
 	vlicense ${wrksrc}/LICENSE
 }