diff --git a/srcpkgs/telepathy-qt5/template b/srcpkgs/telepathy-qt5/template
index c832e430955..43d5da3c24f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/telepathy-qt5/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/telepathy-qt5/template
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ checksum=21bad30be7ebc4ba667d53d92cd1cec1be23114103f2149404d9740721693d4f
 
 if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends+=" qt5-host-tools qt5-devel"
-	# cmake/FindPythonLibrary.cmake fails when cross compiling
-	sed -i CMakeLists.txt -e "/find_package(PythonLibrary ${REQUIRED_PY} REQUIRED)/d"
 	configure_args+=" -DPYTHON_SHORT_VERSION=2.7"
 	configure_args+=" -DPYTHON_LONG_VERSION=2.7.3"
 	configure_args+=" -DPYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES_DIR=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages"
@@ -33,6 +31,13 @@ CXXFLAGS="-D_DEFAULT_SOURCE"
 
 subpackages="telepathy-qt5-farstream telepathy-qt5-devel"
 
+post_extract() {
+	if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		# cmake/FindPythonLibrary.cmake fails when cross compiling
+		sed -i CMakeLists.txt -e "/find_package(PythonLibrary ${REQUIRED_PY} REQUIRED)/d"
+	fi
+}
+
 telepathy-qt5-farstream_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - farstream component"
 	depends="telepathy-qt5>=${version}_${revision}"