diff --git a/srcpkgs/tesseract-ocr/template b/srcpkgs/tesseract-ocr/template
index 39b4be9072b..e0f698dbbd9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tesseract-ocr/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tesseract-ocr/template
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ tesseract-ocr-devel_package() {
 tesseract-ocr-basic_package() {
 	local lang
 	noarch=yes
+	build_style=meta
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	conflicts="tesseract-ocr-all>=0"
 	short_desc+=" - basic languages data"
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ tesseract-ocr-basic_package() {
 tesseract-ocr-all_package() {
 	local lang
 	noarch=yes
+	build_style=meta
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	conflicts="tesseract-ocr-basic>=0"
 	short_desc+=" - all languages data"