diff --git a/srcpkgs/php8.3/template b/srcpkgs/php8.3/template
index ede31751655..9a415922f01 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/php8.3/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/php8.3/template
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ pkgname=php8.3
 version=8.3.10
 revision=1
 _php_version=8.3
+build_helper="qemu"
 hostmakedepends="bison pkg-config apache-devel"
 makedepends="apache-devel enchant2-devel freetds-devel freetype-devel gdbm-devel
  gmp-devel libcurl-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel libmariadbclient-devel
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ lib32disabled=yes
 
 if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	# phar and pear need php to build
-	hostmakedepends+=" php${_php_version} qemu-user"
+	hostmakedepends+=" php${_php_version}"
 	CFLAGS+=" -DHAVE_LIBDL
 		 -DHAVE_DLOPEN
 		 -DHAVE_DLSYM