diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-gobject2/template b/srcpkgs/python-gobject2/template
index 508972009d5..420354e75c6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-gobject2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-gobject2/template
@@ -20,22 +20,15 @@ checksum=fb8a1d4f665130a125011659bd347c7339c944232163dbb9a34fd0686577adb8
 
 pre_configure() {
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 autoreconf -fi
-}
-
-do_configure() {
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-		# XXX share python-config wrapper for all pkgs.
-		# create a python-config wrapper to fake --includes
-		install -m755 ${XBPS_SRCPKGDIR}/py2cairo/files/python-config ${wrksrc}
-		sed -e 's,^PYTHON_CONFIG=.*,PYTHON_CONFIG=./python-config,g' -i configure
+		# Fix path to the python-config wrapper.
+		sed -e "s,^PYTHON_CONFIG=.*,PYTHON_CONFIG=${wrksrc}/.xbps/bin/python-config,g" -i configure
 	fi
-	./configure ${configure_args}
 }
 
 python-gobject2-devel_package() {
 	lib32disabled=yes
-	depends="libffi-devel libglib-devel python-cairo-devel
-	 ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	depends="libffi-devel libglib-devel python-cairo-devel ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	pycompile_module="usr/share/pygobject/2.0/codegen"
 	replaces="pygobject-devel<3.0.0 pygobject2-devel>=0"