diff --git a/srcpkgs/gkrellm/template b/srcpkgs/gkrellm/template
index 9af7391b5d8..474cb1b92a8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gkrellm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gkrellm/template
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ pkgname=gkrellm
 version=2.3.5
 revision=5
 build_style=gnu-makefile
-make_install_args="STRIP="
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libressl-devel>=2.1.3 libSM-devel gtk+-devel libsensors-devel"
 short_desc="GTK2 based system monitor"
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@ license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="http://members.dslextreme.com/users/billw/gkrellm/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=702b5b0e9c040eb3af8e157453f38dd6f53e1dcd8b1272d20266cda3d4372c8b
 
-post_install() {
+do_install() {
+	make PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} STRIP= install
 	rm -r ${DESTDIR}/usr/{include,lib}
 }