diff --git a/srcpkgs/recoll/template b/srcpkgs/recoll/template
index da7a2c044e9..18858c81c81 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/recoll/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/recoll/template
@@ -15,21 +15,8 @@ checksum=15125871424ef32ac584eb1c3e4fdd4ac7ff32894db60a3ebff32fa7a45d2eb6
 
 if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends+=" qt5-host-tools qt5-devel qt5-webkit-devel"
-	configure_args+=" CC=$CC CXX=$CXX LD=$CXX"
 fi
 
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi
-	if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-		cat > ${wrksrc}/qtgui/qmake.conf <<EOF
-QMAKE_CC       = $CC
-QMAKE_CXX      = $CXX
-QMAKE_LINK     = $CXX
-QMAKE_CFLAGS   = $CFLAGS
-QMAKE_CXXFLAGS = $CXXFLAGS
-QMAKE_LFLAGS   = $LDFLAGS
-QMAKE_AR       = $AR
-EOF
-		cat ${wrksrc}/qtgui/qmake.conf
-	fi
 }