diff --git a/srcpkgs/umockdev/template b/srcpkgs/umockdev/template
index 4dc52e13c94..1439c8e603d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/umockdev/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/umockdev/template
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pkgname=umockdev
 version=0.17.13
 revision=1
 build_style=meson
+build_helper="gir"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config vala"
 makedepends="vala-devel eudev-libudev-devel libpcap-devel gobject-introspection"
 checkdepends="eudev which gphoto2 libgudev-devel python3-gobject usbutils xz"
@@ -13,10 +14,6 @@ homepage="https://github.com/martinpitt/umockdev"
 distfiles="https://github.com/martinpitt/umockdev/releases/download/${version}/umockdev-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=6c6ebf6e6209b6a49746e0d91a448d027b54271bab82ed70a132ecf294ca13cf
 
-if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends+=" gobject-introspection qemu-user"
-fi
-
 umockdev-devel_package() {
 	depends="umockdev>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"