diff --git a/srcpkgs/minetest/template b/srcpkgs/minetest/template
index f49b941fd22..d1be32ecd1d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/minetest/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/minetest/template
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ pkgname=minetest
 version=5.8.0
 revision=1
 _irrlichtversion=1.9.0mt13
-create_wrksrc=yes
-build_wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version}"
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DBUILD_SERVER=TRUE -DVERSION_EXTRA=_${revision}"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config gettext"
@@ -21,7 +19,8 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/minetest/minetest/archive/${version}.tar.gz
  https://github.com/minetest/irrlicht/archive/refs/tags/${_irrlichtversion}.tar.gz"
 checksum="610c85a24d77acdc3043a69d777bed9e6c00169406ca09df22ad490fe0d68c0c
  2fde8e27144988210b9c0ff1e202905834d9d25aaa63ce452763fd7171096adc"
+skip_extraction="${_irrlichtversion}.tar.gz"
 
 post_extract() {
-	mv irrlicht-${_irrlichtversion} "${build_wrksrc}/lib/irrlichtmt"
+	vsrcextract -C lib/irrlichtmt ${_irrlichtversion}.tar.gz
 }