diff --git a/srcpkgs/Rocket.Chat-Desktop/template b/srcpkgs/Rocket.Chat-Desktop/template
index 6fdbe33ed31..5dc9551283f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/Rocket.Chat-Desktop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/Rocket.Chat-Desktop/template
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 pkgname=Rocket.Chat-Desktop
 version=3.0.2
 revision=1
-_electron_version=10
+_electron_ver=10
 wrksrc="Rocket.Chat.Electron-${version}"
 hostmakedepends="yarn nodejs-lts python3 pkg-config app-builder"
-makedepends="electron${_electron_version} libvips-devel"
-depends="electron${_electron_version}"
+makedepends="electron${_electron_ver} libvips-devel"
+depends="electron${_electron_ver}"
 short_desc="Rocket.Chat Native Cross-Platform Desktop Application via Electron"
 maintainer="John <me@johnnynator.dev>"
 license="MIT"
@@ -17,15 +17,20 @@ checksum=5ca518421dde4fbbf5f3b3b1904dd63562bc43f16bb9c169ffed07022033a0df
 export USE_SYSTEM_APP_BUILDER=true
 
 do_configure() {
-	yarn upgrade electron@"$(</usr/lib/electron${_electron_version}/version)" --non-interactive
+	# we can't make electron skip binary download as that fails in do_build
+	# so instead, force a bogus architecture so it downloads its binary
+	# artifact, it will use the system one later anyway
+	npm_config_arch=x64 \
+		yarn upgrade electron@"$(</usr/lib/electron${_electron_ver}/version)" \
+			--non-interactive
 }
 
 do_build() {
 	export NODE_ENV=production
 	yarn build
 	yarn run electron-builder --linux --x64 --dir \
-		-c.electronDist=/usr/lib/electron${_electron_version} \
-		-c.electronVersion="$(</usr/lib/electron${_electron_version}/version)"
+		-c.electronDist=/usr/lib/electron${_electron_ver} \
+		-c.electronVersion="$(</usr/lib/electron${_electron_ver}/version)"
 }
 do_install() {
 	vinstall "${FILESDIR}/Rocket.Chat-Desktop.desktop" 644 usr/share/applications