diff --git a/srcpkgs/webkitgtk/template b/srcpkgs/webkitgtk/template
index 17044b47f0d..2e4c91ab4bd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/webkitgtk/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/webkitgtk/template
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ distfiles="${homepage}/releases/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=c710994a1ed0ec78f746a05ae7dc65369ed56d7475f0de576ca7a73ad9c6e670
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	msg_red "${pkgname}-${version}: cannot be cross compiled right now.\n"
-	return 0
+	msg_error "${pkgname}-${version}: cannot be cross compiled right now.\n"
 fi
 
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