diff --git a/srcpkgs/xdebug8.1/template b/srcpkgs/xdebug8.1/template
index 8ab28dd47e1..626a59f7210 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xdebug8.1/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xdebug8.1/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=3.1.5
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-php-config=/usr/bin/php-config8.1"
-hostmakedepends="autoconf"
+hostmakedepends="autoconf php8.1-devel"
 makedepends="php8.1-devel"
 short_desc="PHP debugging extension"
 maintainer="Joel Beckmeyer <joel@beckmeyer.us>"
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ changelog="https://xdebug.org/updates"
 distfiles="http://xdebug.org/files/xdebug-${version}.tgz"
 checksum=55f6ef381245da079b2fc5ce1cfbcb7961197d0c0e04f9d977613cf9aa969a79
 
-if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends+=" php8.1-devel"
-fi
+post_extract() {
+	mv xdebug-$version/* .
+}
 
 pre_configure() {
 	phpize8.1