diff --git a/srcpkgs/wasmtime/template b/srcpkgs/wasmtime/template
index 888af785f36..836ed5513c8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/wasmtime/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/wasmtime/template
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=wasmtime
 version=0.25.0
 revision=1
+create_wrksrc=yes
 archs="x86_64* i686* aarch64*"
 build_style=cargo
 short_desc="Standalone JIT-style runtime for WebAssembly, using Cranelift"
@@ -33,15 +34,16 @@ do_check() {
 	:
 }
 
-pre_configure() {
+post_extract() {
+	mv wasmtime-${version}/* .
 	# move submodules to the proper location
 	rmdir tests/spec_testsuite
 	rmdir crates/c-api/wasm-c-api
 	rmdir crates/wasi-common/WASI
 	rmdir crates/wasi-crypto/spec
 
-	mv -v ../testsuite-${_spec_testsuite_commit} tests/spec_testsuite
-	mv -v ../wasm-c-api-${_wasm_c_api_commit} crates/c-api/wasm-c-api
-	mv -v ../WASI-${_WASI_commit} crates/wasi-common/WASI
-	mv -v ../wasi-crypto-${_wasi_crypto_commit} crates/wasi-crypto/spec
+	mv -v testsuite-${_spec_testsuite_commit} tests/spec_testsuite
+	mv -v wasm-c-api-${_wasm_c_api_commit} crates/c-api/wasm-c-api
+	mv -v WASI-${_WASI_commit} crates/wasi-common/WASI
+	mv -v wasi-crypto-${_wasi_crypto_commit} crates/wasi-crypto/spec
 }