diff --git a/srcpkgs/dvtm/INSTALL b/srcpkgs/dvtm/INSTALL
deleted file mode 100644
index 61fb79d9537..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/dvtm/INSTALL
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-case "$ACTION" in
-post)
-	# Compile the terminfo description.
-	tic -s usr/share/terminfo/d/dvtm.info
-	;;
-esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/dvtm/REMOVE b/srcpkgs/dvtm/REMOVE
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ea17f65f6c..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/dvtm/REMOVE
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-case "$ACTION" in
-pre)
-	# Remove compiled terminfo files.
-	rm -f usr/share/terminfo/d/dvtm-256color
-	rm -f usr/share/terminfo/d/dvtm
-	;;
-esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/dvtm/template b/srcpkgs/dvtm/template
index a65c17c2d9c..e16b36bd867 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dvtm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dvtm/template
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'dvtm'
 pkgname=dvtm
 version=0.15
-revision=2
+revision=3
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+make_use_env=yes
+hostmakedepends="ncurses"
 makedepends="ncurses-devel"
-depends="ncurses" # needs tic at post-install
 short_desc="Tiling window manager for the console"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="MIT"
@@ -11,13 +13,6 @@ homepage="http://www.brain-dump.org/projects/dvtm/"
 distfiles="http://www.brain-dump.org/projects/dvtm/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=8f2015c05e2ad82f12ae4cf12b363d34f527a4bbc8c369667f239e4542e1e510
 
-do_build() {
-	# Do not run tic, useless in build environment.
-	sed -i 's,tic,/bin/true,g' Makefile
-	make CC=$CC V=1
-}
-do_install() {
-	make PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install
+post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
-	vinstall dvtm.info 644 usr/share/terminfo/d
 }