diff --git a/srcpkgs/zim/template b/srcpkgs/zim/template
index c53b33b91a4..b631dd747c3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/zim/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/zim/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'zim'
 pkgname=zim
 version=0.62
-revision=3
+revision=4
 build_style="python-module"
 python_versions="2.7"
 pycompile_module="zim"
 depends="pygtk python-gobject2 python"
-hostmakedepends="$depends desktop-file-utils"
+hostmakedepends="$depends"
 short_desc="A desktop wiki"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
 noarch="yes"
@@ -14,9 +14,4 @@ license="GPL"
 homepage="http://zim-wiki.org/"
 distfiles="http://zim-wiki.org/downloads/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=19d62aebd2c1a92d84d80720c6c1dcdb779c39a2120468fed01b7f252511bdc2
-
-post_install() {
-	# remove mimedb generated files
-	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/mime
-	vinstall xdg/zim.xml 644 usr/share/mime/packages
-}
+make_install_args="--skip-xdg-cmd"