diff --git a/srcpkgs/cinnamon-control-center/template b/srcpkgs/cinnamon-control-center/template
index 5e6a1ab71d5..3c46c841d90 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cinnamon-control-center/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cinnamon-control-center/template
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pkgname=cinnamon-control-center
 version=4.2.2
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
+build_helper=gir
 configure_args="--disable-static --disable-update-mimedb --disable-systemd"
 hostmakedepends="autoconf-archive gettext-devel glib-devel gnome-common
  gobject-introspection intltool libtool pkg-config libxslt"
@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later, LGPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://developer.linuxmint.com/projects/cinnamon-projects.html"
 distfiles="https://github.com/linuxmint/${pkgname}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=0cd334e9fc36165664362d2bef7953879ec1f1d1becdbce21ef0557ea34618d7
-nocross="gobject-introspection"
 
 do_check() {
 	: