diff --git a/srcpkgs/cinnamon-menus/template b/srcpkgs/cinnamon-menus/template
index eedb8cbf29f..3cc83bb1195 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cinnamon-menus/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cinnamon-menus/template
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pkgname=cinnamon-menus
 version=4.2.0
 revision=1
 build_style=meson
+build_helper=gir
 hostmakedepends="glib-devel gnome-common gobject-introspection intltool libtool
  pkg-config"
 makedepends="libglib-devel gobject-introspection"
@@ -12,8 +13,6 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later, LGPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://developer.linuxmint.com/projects/cinnamon-projects.html/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/linuxmint/${pkgname}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=331bd599d7a863fa92329483637de159c25c57467305691f9768e675cd63f7c2
-nocross="gobject-introspection"
-
 
 cinnamon-menus-devel_package() {
 	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"