diff --git a/srcpkgs/mariadb/template b/srcpkgs/mariadb/template
index 92cc4f15772..8d9b0c42edd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mariadb/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mariadb/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'mariadb'
 pkgname=mariadb
 version=10.5.10
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=cmake
 build_helper=qemu
 configure_args="-DBUILD_CONFIG=mysql_release
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ configure_args="-DBUILD_CONFIG=mysql_release
 hostmakedepends="bison perl flex pkg-config"
 makedepends="ncurses-devel gnutls-devel libaio-devel boost-devel pam-devel zlib-devel
  pcre2-devel libatomic-devel"
-depends="mariadb-client"
+depends="perl"
 checkdepends="perl"
 short_desc="Fast SQL database server, drop-in replacement for MySQL"
 maintainer="Justin Jagieniak <justin@jagieniak.net>"
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ libmariadbclient_package() {
 		vmove "usr/lib/libmariadb*.so.*"
 	}
 }
+
 libmariadbclient-devel_package() {
 	depends="libmariadbclient>=${version}_${revision} libatomic-devel"
 	provides="libmysqlclient-devel-${version}_${revision}"
@@ -94,31 +95,13 @@ libmariadbclient-devel_package() {
 		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
 	}
 }
+
 mariadb-client_package() {
-	depends="perl"
+	build_style=meta
+	depends="mariadb"
 	provides="mysql-client-${version}_${revision}"
 	replaces="mysql-client>=0"
-	short_desc+=" - client binaries"
-	pkg_install() {
-		for f in innochecksum innotop myisam_ftdump mysql mysql_client_test \
-			mysql_client_test_embedded mysqldumpslow mysqlbinlog \
-			mysql_find_rows mysql_fix_extensions mysql_waitpid mysqlaccess \
-			mysqladmin mysqlanalyze mysqlbug mysqlcheck mysqldump \
-			mysqlimport mysqloptimize mysqlrepair mysqlreport mysqlshow \
-			mysqlslap mysqltest_embedded mysqlmanager mysqltest \
-			mysqlhotcopy mysql_upgrade mysql_zap; do
-			if [ -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/${f} ]; then
-				vmove usr/bin/${f}
-			elif [ -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/sbin/${f} ]; then
-				vmove usr/sbin/${f}
-			fi
-			if [ -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man1/${f}.1 ]; then
-				vmove usr/share/man/man1/${f}.1
-			elif [ -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man8/${f}.8 ]; then
-				vmove usr/share/man/man8/${f}.8
-			fi
-		done
-	}
+	short_desc+=" - client binaries (transitional dummy package)"
 }
 
 libmysqlclient_package() {