diff --git a/srcpkgs/vidcutter/template b/srcpkgs/vidcutter/template
index 6ca85d4e766..1fc9b4e50ab 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vidcutter/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vidcutter/template
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'vidcutter'
 pkgname=vidcutter
 version=6.0.0
-revision=3
-archs=noarch
+revision=4
 build_style=python3-module
-pycompile_module="vidcutter"
-hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-Cython"
 makedepends="mpv-devel python3-devel"
 depends="desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme ffmpeg mpv mediainfo
  python3-PyOpenGL python3-PyQt5 python3-setuptools"
@@ -15,3 +13,7 @@ license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://github.com/ozmartian/vidcutter"
 distfiles="https://github.com/ozmartian/vidcutter/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=c09be7eceaf42ff7211fe3b8125279c4fec7f7d251d272b61d579e426bd4e2c2
+
+pre_build() {
+	rm -f vidcutter/libs/pympv/mpv.c
+}