diff --git a/srcpkgs/fwupd/patches/fix-cross.patch b/srcpkgs/fwupd/patches/fix-cross.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 36a2bd10896..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/fwupd/patches/fix-cross.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-diff --git meson.build meson.build
-index c0463ef..c7d1567 100644
---- meson.build
-+++ meson.build
-@@ -241,6 +241,13 @@ if get_option('plugin_uefi')
-   endif
-   conf.set_quoted('EFI_MACHINE_TYPE_NAME', EFI_MACHINE_TYPE_NAME)
-   r = run_command([python3, 'po/test-deps'])
-+  if meson.is_cross_build()
-+    qemu = '/usr/bin/qemu-' + gnu_efi_arch + '-static'
-+    qemu_python3_cmd = qemu + ' -L @XBPS_CROSS_BASE@ @XBPS_CROSS_BASE@/bin/python3'
-+    r = run_command('sh', '-c', qemu_python3_cmd + ' po/test-deps')
-+  else
-+    r = run_command([python3, 'po/test-deps'])
-+  endif
-   if r.returncode() != 0
-     error(r.stderr())
-   endif
-diff --git po/meson.build po/meson.build
-index 6e78d2e..3fdedb7 100644
---- po/meson.build
-+++ po/meson.build
-@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ i18n.gettext(meson.project_name(),
-   ]
- )
- 
-+if meson.is_cross_build()
-+  python3_cmd = qemu_python3_cmd
-+else
-+  python3_cmd = python3.path()
-+endif
-+
- if get_option('plugin_uefi')
--meson.add_install_script('make-images.sh', localedir, python3.path())
-+meson.add_install_script('make-images.sh', localedir, python3_cmd)
- endif
-
diff --git a/srcpkgs/fwupd/template b/srcpkgs/fwupd/template
index 63623c362ee..f5302a83261 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fwupd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fwupd/template
@@ -9,16 +9,15 @@ configure_args="-Dsupported_build=true
  -Dconsolekit=false -Dgtkdoc=true -Dintrospection=true
  -Dsystemd=false -Dplugin_altos=false -Dtests=false
  -Dpkcs7=false -Db_lto=false -Defi-includedir=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/efi
- -Defi-ldsdir=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib -Defi-ld=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/bin/ld
- -Defi-objcopy=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/bin/objcopy
+ -Defi-ldsdir=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib -Defi-ld=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/bin/ld
+ -Defi-objcopy=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/bin/objcopy
  -Defi-libdir=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib -Delogind=true"
 hostmakedepends="dejavu-fonts-ttf gnutls-tools help2man pkg-config gcab
- vala glib-devel polkit gettext gtk-doc"
+ vala glib-devel polkit gettext gtk-doc pango python3-gobject python3-Pillow"
 makedepends="libxmlb-devel cairo-devel colord-devel libarchive-devel
  gnutls-devel gpgme-devel json-glib-devel libgusb-devel polkit-devel
- sqlite-devel libsoup-devel gcab-devel pango-devel python3-gobject
- python3-Pillow elogind-devel tpm2-tss-devel libjcat-devel
- libcurl-devel"
+ sqlite-devel libsoup-devel gcab-devel pango-devel elogind-devel
+ tpm2-tss-devel libjcat-devel libcurl-devel"
 depends="udisks2"
 conf_files="
  /etc/fwupd/*.conf
@@ -32,24 +31,30 @@ checksum=bc7a1eb5e494810e2622442c2942b1a06d926c906db3b2612c3e8c892806ff56
 replaces="fwupdate>=0"
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	x86_64*|i686*|arm*|aarch64*) _have_uefi=yes;;
+	x86_64*|i686*)
+		_have_uefi=yes
+		_plugin_msr=yes
+		_plugin_dell=yes
+		;;
+	arm*|aarch64*)
+		_have_uefi=yes;;
 esac
 
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	x86_64*|i686*) ;;
-	*) configure_args+=" -Dplugin_msr=false";;
-esac
+if [ -z "$_plugin_msr" ]; then
+	configure_args+=" -Dplugin_msr=false"
+fi
+
+if [ "$_plugin_dell" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" libsmbios-devel"
+else
+	configure_args+=" -Dplugin_dell=false"
+fi
 
 if [ -n "$_have_uefi" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends+=" efivar"
 	makedepends+=" libefivar-devel gnu-efi-libs"
-	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-		x86_64*|i686*) makedepends+=" libsmbios-devel";;
-		*) configure_args+=" -Dplugin_dell=false";;
-	esac
 else
 	configure_args+=" -Dplugin_uefi=false -Dplugin_redfish=false"
-	configure_args+=" -Dplugin_dell=false"
 fi
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
@@ -58,15 +63,8 @@ if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	configure_args+=" -Dman=false"
 	# steal man pages from native package
 	hostmakedepends+=" fwupd"
-else
-	configure_args+=" -Dman=true"
 fi
 
-pre_configure() {
-	# Replace the values from our patch into the system itself
-	vsed -i -e "s|@XBPS_CROSS_BASE@|${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}|g" meson.build
-}
-
 post_install() {
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		for _page in dbxtool dfu-tool fwupdagent fwupdate fwupdmgr fwupdtool fwupdtpmevlog