diff --git a/srcpkgs/bmake/template b/srcpkgs/bmake/template
index b0d84503614..4e0f78a0d6b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bmake/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bmake/template
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=bmake
 version=20220928
 revision=1
-create_wrksrc=yes
+wrksrc=bmake
 short_desc="Portable version of the NetBSD make build tool"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ checksum=c804b77de3feb8e31dee2a4c9fb1e9ec24c5a34764e7a2815c88b4ed01650e90
 python_version=3
 
 do_configure() {
-	cd bmake
 	vsed -i 's/op_test() {/& return 0;/' boot-strap
 	vsed -i '1s,:,#!/bin/sh,g' install-sh
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
@@ -26,8 +25,8 @@ do_configure() {
 }
 
 do_build() {
-	mkdir -p bmake/bmake-build
-	cd bmake/bmake-build
+	mkdir -p bmake-build
+	cd bmake-build
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		_args="--host=${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET}"
 	fi
@@ -35,9 +34,9 @@ do_build() {
 }
 
 do_install() {
-	cd bmake/bmake-build
+	cd bmake-build
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-		vsed -i "s,^BMAKE=$,BMAKE=${wrksrc}/bmake/bmake-host/bmake," ../boot-strap
+		vsed -i "s,^BMAKE=$,BMAKE=${wrksrc}/bmake-host/bmake," ../boot-strap
 	fi
 	../boot-strap --prefix=/usr --install-destdir=${DESTDIR} op=install
 	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/cat1