diff --git a/srcpkgs/geany-plugins/template b/srcpkgs/geany-plugins/template
index c9464a16440..aa227f66a6d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/geany-plugins/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/geany-plugins/template
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ pkgname=geany-plugins
 version=1.38.0
 revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="PYTHON=/usr/bin/python2 --enable-all-plugins --disable-devhelp
+configure_args="--enable-all-plugins --disable-devhelp
  --disable-webhelper --disable-debugger --disable-geanypy --disable-multiterm"
 hostmakedepends="automake gettext-devel intltool libtool pkg-config vala
- glib-devel python-devel"
+ glib-devel"
 makedepends="geany-devel lua51-devel ctpl-devel libwnck2-devel zlib-devel
- gpgme-devel enchant2-devel pygtk-devel libgit2-devel libsoup-devel
+ gpgme-devel enchant2-devel libgit2-devel libsoup-devel
  gtkspell-devel webkit2gtk-devel vte3-devel"
 short_desc="Geany IDE plugins"
 maintainer="Steve Prybylski <sa.prybylx@gmail.com>"
@@ -20,12 +20,6 @@ checksum=86d2fe05290136d020b0d22f849a1aaa74b83cb49b767ae2dc19aaedcdf3d469
 
 pre_configure() {
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
-
-	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-		# Use cross prefix for python
-		sed -e "s;-L\$ac_python_libdir;-L${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib;g" \
-			-e "s;PYTHON_CPPFLAGS=\$python_path;PYTHON_CPPFLAGS=-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/python2.7;g" -i configure
-	fi
 }
 
 pre_build() {