diff --git a/srcpkgs/gitea/template b/srcpkgs/gitea/template
index 5542ea1f901..1226771d518 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gitea/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gitea/template
@@ -37,11 +37,7 @@ make_dirs="/var/lib/gitea 0755 _gitea _gitea
 conf_files="/etc/gitea.conf"
 
 pre_build() {
-	path="${GOPATH}/src/${go_import_path}"
-	mkdir -vp "$(dirname ${path})"
-	ln -vfs $PWD "${path}"
-
-	cd $path
+	cd $GOSRCPATH
 	make generate
 	cd $wrksrc
 }