diff --git a/srcpkgs/akonadi-search/template b/srcpkgs/akonadi-search/template
index 58b39a5c311..c7bbe3d2e1c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/akonadi-search/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/akonadi-search/template
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@ homepage="https://community.kde.org/KDE_PIM"
 distfiles="${KDE_SITE}/applications/${version}/src/akonadi-search-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=8438876407e9fd8fa08afe6942ab8dd3677202bc2ff1eba4fd7a49dd926f26d6
 
-if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends+=" xapian-core-devel"
-fi
-
-nocross="/usr/lib/libxapian.so: file not recognized: file format not recognized"
-
 akonadi-search-devel_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision} ${makedepends}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"