diff --git a/srcpkgs/qtractor/template b/srcpkgs/qtractor/template
index 1e16f7ec308..fb4ca85f226 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qtractor/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qtractor/template
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@ _clap_tag=1.1.1
 _vst3sdk_tag=3.7.6_build_18
 wrksrc="qtractor-qtractor_${version//./_}"
 create_wrksrc=yes
-build_wrksrc="qtractor-qtractor_${version//./_}"
+build_wrksrc="qtractor"
 build_style=cmake
-configure_args="-DCONFIG_VST3SDK=$XBPS_BUILDDIR/$build_wrksrc/vst3sdk"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config qt6-base-devel qt6-tools-devel"
 makedepends="aubio-devel dssi-devel jack-devel ladspa-sdk liblo-devel
  libmad-devel libsamplerate-devel libsndfile-devel libvorbis-devel lilv-devel
@@ -35,7 +34,8 @@ checksum="107aafa1d2353354038b74d0246e0b80f722779b56b753023958b27a843be055
 
 post_extract() {
 	cd $wrksrc
-	ln -s vst3sdk-$_vst3sdk_tag vst3sdk
+	mv qtractor-* qtractor
+	mv vst3sdk-$_vst3sdk_tag vst3sdk
 	for src_dest in \
 	 clap-$_clap_tag:$build_wrksrc/src/clap \
 	 vst3_base-$_vst3sdk_tag:vst3sdk/base \
@@ -45,10 +45,14 @@ post_extract() {
 		_src=${src_dest%:*}
 		_dst=${src_dest#*:}
 		rmdir $_dst
-		ln -sr $wrksrc/$_src $_dst
+		mv $wrksrc/$_src $_dst
 	done
 }
 
+pre_configure() {
+	configure_args+="-DCONFIG_VST3SDK=$wrksrc/vst3sdk"
+}
+
 post_install() {
 	vlicense ../vst3sdk/base/LICENSE.txt VST3SDK-LICENSE.txt
 }