diff --git a/srcpkgs/rxvt-unicode/rxvt-unicode-terminfo.INSTALL b/srcpkgs/rxvt-unicode/rxvt-unicode-terminfo.INSTALL
deleted file mode 100644
index 79714cfee9b..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/rxvt-unicode/rxvt-unicode-terminfo.INSTALL
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-case "${ACTION}" in
-post)
-	tic -s usr/share/terminfo/r/rxvt-unicode.terminfo
-	;;
-esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rxvt-unicode/rxvt-unicode-terminfo.REMOVE b/srcpkgs/rxvt-unicode/rxvt-unicode-terminfo.REMOVE
deleted file mode 100644
index 99f90f59cdc..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/rxvt-unicode/rxvt-unicode-terminfo.REMOVE
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-case "${ACTION}" in
-pre)
-	rm -f usr/share/terminfo/r/rxvt-unicode
-	rm -f usr/share/terminfo/r/rxvt-unicode-256color
-	;;
-esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rxvt-unicode/template b/srcpkgs/rxvt-unicode/template
index bf5f759fb22..ae522b1210d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rxvt-unicode/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rxvt-unicode/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'rxvt-unicode'
 pkgname=rxvt-unicode
 version=9.22
-revision=9
+revision=10
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="
  --with-terminfo=/usr/share/terminfo --enable-256-color
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ configure_args="
  $(vopt_if perl '--enable-perl' '--disable-perl')
  $(vopt_if startup_notification '--enable-startup-notification' '--disable-startup-notification')
  $(vopt_if unicode3 '--enable-unicode3' '--disable-unicode3')"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config $(vopt_if perl 'perl autoconf')"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config $(vopt_if perl 'perl autoconf') ncurses"
 makedepends="xorgproto fontconfig-devel libXrender-devel libXft-devel libSM-devel
  $(vopt_if gdk_pixbuf gdk-pixbuf-devel)
  $(vopt_if perl perl)
@@ -27,16 +27,6 @@ homepage="http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html"
 distfiles="http://dist.schmorp.de/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=e94628e9bcfa0adb1115d83649f898d6edb4baced44f5d5b769c2eeb8b95addd
 
-pre_build() {
-	sed -i 's,tic,/bin/true,g' doc/Makefile
-}
-
-post_install() {
-	vinstall doc/etc/rxvt-unicode.terminfo 644 usr/share/terminfo/r
-	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/${pkgname}.desktop 644 usr/share/applications
-	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/${pkgname}.png 644 usr/share/pixmaps
-}
-
 # Package build options
 build_options="gdk_pixbuf perl startup_notification unicode3"
 desc_option_unicode3="Use 21 instead of 16 bits to represent unicode chars"
@@ -74,6 +64,17 @@ do_configure() {
 	fi
 }
 
+pre_install() {
+	export TERMINFO="${DESTDIR}/usr/share/terminfo"
+	mkdir -p $TERMINFO
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vinstall doc/etc/rxvt-unicode.terminfo 644 usr/share/terminfo/r
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/${pkgname}.desktop 644 usr/share/applications
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/${pkgname}.png 644 usr/share/pixmaps
+}
+
 rxvt-unicode-terminfo_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - terminfo data"
 	archs=noarch