diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbindkeys/patches/cross.patch b/srcpkgs/xbindkeys/patches/cross.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 86f7f2d448a..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/xbindkeys/patches/cross.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff --git Makefile.in Makefile.in
-index 7bb5cba..e557452 100644
---- a/Makefile.in
-+++ b/Makefile.in
-@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ top_builddir = @top_builddir@
- top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
- @GUILE_FALSE@AM_CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@ @X_CFLAGS@ @FORK_FLAG@ @GUILE_FLAG@ -I. -Wall
- @GUILE_TRUE@AM_CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@ @X_CFLAGS@ @FORK_FLAG@ @GUILE_FLAG@ @GUILE_CFLAGS@ -I. -Wall
--@GUILE_FALSE@xbindkeys_LDADD = @X_LIBS@
--@GUILE_TRUE@xbindkeys_LDADD = @X_LIBS@ @GUILE_LDFLAGS@
-+@GUILE_FALSE@xbindkeys_LDADD = @X_LIBS@ -lguile-2.2 -lgc
-+@GUILE_TRUE@xbindkeys_LDADD = @X_LIBS@ -lguile-2.2 -lgc
- xbindkeys_SOURCES = xbindkeys.c xbindkeys.h \
- 		keys.h keys.c \
- 		options.c options.h \
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbindkeys/template b/srcpkgs/xbindkeys/template
index 54486843942..a0418c80416 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xbindkeys/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbindkeys/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'xbindkeys'
 pkgname=xbindkeys
 version=1.8.7
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libX11-devel guile-devel guile gc-devel"
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://www.nongnu.org/xbindkeys/xbindkeys.html"
 distfiles="http://www.nongnu.org/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=a29b86a8ec91d4abc83b420e547da27470847d0efe808aa6e75147aa0adb82f2
+
+pre_configure() {
+	vsed -i -e 's/_guile_versions_to_search="/& 3.0 /' configure
+}