diff --git a/srcpkgs/vte/template b/srcpkgs/vte/template
index 1311d434279..d7cfbed50e9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vte/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vte/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'vte'.
 pkgname=vte
 version=0.28.2
-revision=7
+revision=8
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static --with-gtk=2.0"
 hostmakedepends="automake gettext-devel gtk-doc gobject-introspection libtool pkg-config intltool python-devel glib-devel pygtk-devel"
@@ -16,13 +16,9 @@ checksum=8d04e202b617373dfb47689e5e628febe2c58840b34cccc4af4feb88c48df903
 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 ${wrksrc}
-		export PATH=${wrksrc}:$PATH
+		ln -s ${wrksrc}/.xbps/bin/python-config ${wrksrc}
 	fi
 	env PYTHON=python ./configure ${configure_args}
 }