diff --git a/srcpkgs/libreoffice-dictionaries/template b/srcpkgs/libreoffice-dictionaries/template
index d7d283238b2..84b5e5a356c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libreoffice-dictionaries/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libreoffice-dictionaries/template
@@ -132,19 +132,17 @@ _build_bdic() {
 }
 
 _vbdic() {
-	vmkdir usr/share/hunspell-bdic
-	vinstall "bdic/$1.bdic" 0644 usr/share/hunspell-bdic
+	if [ "$build_option_bdic" ]; then
+		vmkdir usr/share/hunspell-bdic
+		vinstall "bdic/$1.bdic" 0644 usr/share/hunspell-bdic
+	fi
 }
+
 _vbdiclink() {
-	ln -sf "$1.bdic" "${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/hunspell-bdic/$2.bdic"
+	if [ "$build_option_bdic" ]; then
+		ln -sf "$1.bdic" "${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/hunspell-bdic/$2.bdic"
+	fi
 }
-if [ "$build_option_bdic" ]; then
-	alias vbdic=_vbdic
-	alias vbdiclink=_vbdiclink
-else
-	alias vbdic=":"
-	alias vbdiclink=":"
-fi
 
 _vhunspell() {
 	local subdir lang lnk
@@ -160,11 +158,11 @@ _vhunspell() {
 		usr/share/hunspell "$lang.aff"
 	vinstall "dictionaries/$subdir/$lang.dic" 0644 \
 		usr/share/hunspell "$lang.dic"
-	vbdic "$lang"
+	_vbdic "$lang"
 	for lnk; do
 		ln -sf "$lang.aff" "${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/hunspell/$lnk.aff"
 		ln -sf "$lang.dic" "${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/hunspell/$lnk.dic"
-		vbdiclink "$lang" "$lnk"
+		_vbdiclink "$lang" "$lnk"
 	done
 }