diff --git a/srcpkgs/saldl/template b/srcpkgs/saldl/template
index 7a703fb658d..9a741bb21b8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/saldl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/saldl/template
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=saldl
 version=40
 revision=2
-build_style=waf
+build_style=waf3
 configure_args="--saldl-version v${version} --no-werror"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config asciidoc"
 makedepends="libevent-devel libcurl-devel"