diff --git a/srcpkgs/criu/template b/srcpkgs/criu/template
index 1b0652c5f32..e681bc90eee 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/criu/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/criu/template
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ archs="x86_64* aarch64* ppc64le* armv7l*"
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_use_env=compliant
 make_build_args="WERROR=0"
-hostmakedepends="asciidoc pkg-config xmlto protobuf"
+hostmakedepends="asciidoc pkg-config xmlto protobuf which"
 makedepends="libcap-devel libnet-devel libnl3-devel protobuf-c-devel
  protobuf-devel"
 short_desc="Utility to checkpoint/restore a process tree"
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ criu-devel_package() {
 
 criu-python_package() {
 	archs=noarch
-	pycompile_module="pycriu"
 	depends="python-protobuf python-ipaddr criu-${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc="Python2 bindings for criu and crit cli util"
 	pkg_install() {