diff --git a/srcpkgs/kdoctools/template b/srcpkgs/kdoctools/template
index ed2727a8e5f..7d932fdb0b3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kdoctools/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kdoctools/template
@@ -3,11 +3,9 @@ pkgname=kdoctools
 version=5.83.0
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
-configure_args="-DMEINPROC5_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/meinproc5
- -DCHECKXML5_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/checkXML5
- -DDOCBOOKL10NHELPER_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/docbookl10nhelper"
+build_helper=qemu
 hostmakedepends="gettext kcoreaddons extra-cmake-modules perl perl-URI
- qt5-host-tools qt5-qmake python kdoctools-devel"
+ qt5-host-tools qt5-qmake"
 makedepends="ki18n-devel karchive-devel libxml2-devel libxslt-devel
  docbook-xml docbook-xsl"
 depends="docbook-xml docbook-xsl"