diff --git a/srcpkgs/gsettings-qt/template b/srcpkgs/gsettings-qt/template
index 4b45ad00870..5db352df526 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gsettings-qt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gsettings-qt/template
@@ -11,23 +11,26 @@ license="LGPL-3.0-only"
 homepage="https://launchpad.net/gsettings-qt"
 distfiles="$DEBIAN_SITE/main/g/gsettings-qt/gsettings-qt_${version}.orig.tar.gz"
 checksum=a3d1020d526ece2319f1e8f05876e456e85279741653008e05c5d7e8b019c9b9
-nocross=yes
-# some things do get wrongly installed into $DESTDOR/$XBPS_CROSS_BASE
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends+=" qt5-devel qt5-declarative-devel"
 fi
 
 pre_configure() {
-	#disable generation for qmltypes file while cross building
-	#also makes trouble x86_64-musl so just remove it for everything
+	# disable generation for qmltypes file while cross building
+	# also makes trouble x86_64-musl so just remove it for everything
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ] || [ "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE#*-musl}" != "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" ];then
-		sed -i -e '/qmltypes/ d' GSettings/gsettings-qt.pro
+		vsed -i  GSettings/gsettings-qt.pro -e '/qmltypes/ d'
 	fi
 }
 
 post_install() {
-	rm -r ${DESTDIR}/usr/tests
+	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		rm -r ${DESTDIR}/usr/${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET}/usr/tests
+		cp -a ${DESTDIR}/usr/${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET}/usr/* ${DESTDIR}/usr/
+	else
+		rm -r ${DESTDIR}/usr/tests
+	fi
 }
 
 gsettings-qt-devel_package() {