diff --git a/srcpkgs/pdfpc/template b/srcpkgs/pdfpc/template
index 0b49e9a6ac7..fb4a422351c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pdfpc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pdfpc/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=4.5.0
 revision=1
 wrksrc="pdfpc-${version}"
 build_style=cmake
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config vala"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config vala libgee08-devel"
 makedepends="gst-plugins-base1-devel gtk+3-devel libgee08-devel
  libzstd-devel poppler-glib-devel json-glib-devel vala-devel
  webkit2gtk-devel discount-devel"
@@ -15,7 +15,4 @@ homepage="https://pdfpc.github.io/"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pdfpc/pdfpc/master/CHANGELOG.txt"
 distfiles="https://github.com/pdfpc/pdfpc/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=e53ede1576da55403bba23671df5b946c756ec83ba30fbeb0cb7302f28b54a64
-
-if [ $CROSS_BUILD ]; then
-	hostmakedepends+=" libgee08-devel"
-fi
+broken="The name 'from_caps' does not exist in the context of 'Gst.Video.Info'"