diff --git a/srcpkgs/abiword/abiword-devel.template b/srcpkgs/abiword/abiword-devel.template
index 1759d4b4390..3ec449029f8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/abiword/abiword-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/abiword/abiword-devel.template
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'abiword-devel'.
 #
-noarch=yes
 depends="fribidi-devel libgsf-devel wv-devel enchant-devel gtk-devel
  librsvg-devel libabiword>=${version}"
 short_desc="${short_desc} - Development files"
-long_desc="${long_desc}
-
- This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
 
 do_install() {
 	vmove usr/include usr
diff --git a/srcpkgs/abiword/template b/srcpkgs/abiword/template
index acca1013301..633207b786f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/abiword/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/abiword/template
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ configure_args="--enable-shave --enable-collab-backend-telepathy
  --disable-static"
 subpackages="lib${pkgname} ${pkgname}-devel"
 depends="hicolor-icon-theme desktop-file-utils"
-makedepends="automake libtool flex pkg-config libjpeg-turbo-devel libpng-devel>=1.5.10
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool flex pkg-config"
+makedepends="libjpeg-turbo-devel libpng-devel>=1.5.10
  fribidi-devel libgsf-devel enchant-devel gtk+-devel librsvg-devel
- wv-devel boost-devel readline-devel libxslt-devel libwmf-devel"
+ wv-devel boost-devel libxslt-devel libwmf-devel"
 short_desc="Free word processing program similar to Microsoft(R) Word"
 maintainer="davehome <davehome@redthumb.info.tm>"
 license="GPL-3"