diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-authenticator/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-authenticator/template
index 52d161897c7..0a0ef863ab9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-authenticator/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-authenticator/template
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ revision=2
 _libgd_hash=7ae254bfc5f641c60566614e08245176f7bc5aa8
 wrksrc="Authenticator-${version}"
 build_style=meson
+build_helper="gir"
 pycompile_module="Authenticator"
 hostmakedepends="appstream-glib desktop-file-utils git glib-devel pkg-config"
 makedepends="gobject-introspection gtk+3-devel libglib-devel python3"
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@ distfiles="${homepage}/-/archive/${version}/Authenticator-${version}.tar.gz
  https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgd/-/archive/${_libgd_hash}/libgd-${_libgd_hash}.tar.bz2"
 checksum="5757ab4f097b6ed5855224d06ec5d6cd4c9748cc42733f32d425ca2b2325903a
  2bf6cd82b48f62d2725d7c52a77cc091958877e1cff5af303bdd9a7d364da00a"
-nocross="hard depends on gobject-introspection"
 
 pre_configure() {
 	mv ../libgd-${_libgd_hash}/* subprojects/libgd