diff --git a/srcpkgs/astroid/template b/srcpkgs/astroid/template
index 8ee0e729e13..91e3ca400ac 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/astroid/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/astroid/template
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'astroid'
 pkgname=astroid
 version=0.16
-revision=5
+revision=6
 build_style=cmake
+build_helper=gir
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config scdoc protobuf gobject-introspection"
 makedepends="libnotmuch-devel gtkmm-devel webkit2gtk-devel libsass-devel
  gmime3-devel boost-devel protobuf-devel vte3-devel gobject-introspection
@@ -15,10 +16,6 @@ homepage="http://astroidmail.github.io/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/astroidmail/astroid/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=32ecb8c2fafe67f70c7d5f2bc60bda1796d98a56a75f7868c7c1ca50cd7baf5e
 
-if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends+=" qemu-user-static prelink-cross"
-fi
-
 do_check() {
 	cd build
 	xvfb-run ctest