diff --git a/srcpkgs/vala-panel-appmenu/template b/srcpkgs/vala-panel-appmenu/template
index 2b854784fe6..198254fdf47 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vala-panel-appmenu/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vala-panel-appmenu/template
@@ -17,15 +17,6 @@ homepage="https://gitlab.com/vala-panel-project/vala-panel-appmenu"
 distfiles="https://gitlab.com/vala-panel-project/vala-panel-appmenu/uploads/$_glhash/vala-panel-appmenu-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=2856added014bb6e5238aacda1016e2520d9a58d4ba6d7b33b2707ea48e1c592
 
-pre_build() {
-	# vala-panel-appmenu depends on its own libxfconf-0.vapi
-	# prepends to override system vapi
-	if [ -f "$XBPS_WRAPPERDIR/valac" ]; then
-		sed -i -e "s,/bin/valac,& --vapidir=$wrksrc/vapi," \
-			"$XBPS_WRAPPERDIR/valac"
-	fi
-}
-
 appmenu-gtk-module-devel_package() {
 	short_desc="GTK module for exposing menus - development files"
 	depends="appmenu-gtk-module-${version}_${revision}