diff --git a/srcpkgs/gettext/template b/srcpkgs/gettext/template
index dfb11a1f886..2ab568366d2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gettext/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gettext/template
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ configure_args="--disable-java --disable-native-java --disable-csharp
 # Either:
 # - Have xz in hostmakedepends; or
 # - Let gettext-devel depends on bzip2
-hostmakedepends="xz"
+hostmakedepends="xz automake libtool"
 short_desc="Internationalized Message Handling Library and tools"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
@@ -36,12 +36,9 @@ else
 	conflicts="gettext-libs>=0"
 fi
 
-if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends+=" automake libtool"
-	pre_configure() {
-		autoreconf -fi
-	}
-fi
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+}
 
 post_install() {
 	# don't overwrite musl's header