diff --git a/srcpkgs/genius/template b/srcpkgs/genius/template
index c59cd23074d..9c77e2cacc0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/genius/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/genius/template
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@ version=1.0.27
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 build_helper=qemu
-configure_args="--disable-update-mimedb ac_cv_file__proc_self_maps=yes
- GTK_UPDATE_ICON_CACHE=gtk-update-icon-cache"
-hostmakedepends="intltool pkg-config glib-devel automake libtool bison flex
+configure_args="--disable-update-mimedb ac_cv_file__proc_self_maps=yes"
+hostmakedepends="intltool pkg-config glib-devel bison flex
  gtk-update-icon-cache"
 makedepends="gtksourceview4-devel mpfr-devel readline-devel ncurses-devel
  gtk+3-devel libglib-devel vte3-devel"
@@ -20,10 +19,10 @@ distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/genius/${version%.*}/genius-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=0243b7c36b5f9e930c62778acd52deb188deeca704a5e195337018435d9e7bb5
 
 post_patch() {
-	vsed -e '/PKG_CHECK_MODULES/s/ncurses/ncursesw/' -i configure.ac
-	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-		vsed -e "/cd \\\$(top_builddir)/s:\\\$(top_builddir)/src/genius:/usr/bin/qemu-${XBPS_TARGET_QEMU_MACHINE}-static &:" -i lib/Makefile.am
-	fi
-	autoreconf -fi
+	vsed -e '/PKG_CONFIG/s/ncurses/ncursesw/' -i configure
 	vsed -e '/DATADIRNAME=/s/=.*/=share/' -i configure
+	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		vsed -e "/cd [\$].top_builddir./s:[\$].top_builddir./src/genius:/usr/bin/qemu-${XBPS_TARGET_QEMU_MACHINE}-static &:" \
+			-i lib/Makefile.am lib/Makefile.in
+	fi
 }