diff --git a/srcpkgs/swi-prolog/template b/srcpkgs/swi-prolog/template
index 3f410aa1a5b..b2e2dabf9cf 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/swi-prolog/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/swi-prolog/template
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version=8.0.3
 revision=1
 wrksrc="swipl-${version}"
 build_style=cmake
+build_helper="qemu"
 configure_args="-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="gmp-devel libXft-devel libXinerama-devel libXpm-devel libXt-devel
@@ -20,7 +21,3 @@ checksum=cee59c0a477c8166d722703f6e52f962028f3ac43a5f41240ecb45dbdbe2d6ae
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	armv*) broken="https://travis-ci.org/void-linux/void-packages/jobs/510224384";;
 esac
-
-if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends+=" qemu-user-static"
-fi