diff --git a/templates/libidn.tmpl b/templates/libidn.tmpl
index 144fe7cfc3f..59f6bb149fe 100644
--- a/templates/libidn.tmpl
+++ b/templates/libidn.tmpl
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ pkgname=libidn
 version=1.10
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libidn/$pkgname-$version@.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
-pkgconfig_override="libidn.pc"
-configure_env="EMACS=/bin/false"
 configure_args="--disable-csharp --disable-java"
 short_desc="Internationalized Domain Names command line tool"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
@@ -23,4 +21,4 @@ long_desc="
  SASL, and XMPP are included. Punycode and ASCII Compatible Encoding (ACE) via
  IDNA are supported."
 
-build_depends="perl-5.10.0 pkg-config-0.23 libtool-2.2.6a"
+build_depends="perl-5.10.0 pkg-config-0.23"