diff --git a/srcpkgs/libarchive/template b/srcpkgs/libarchive/template
index 2dcc461e57f..2cfebe182be 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libarchive/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libarchive/template
@@ -13,15 +13,18 @@ license="BSD"
 distfiles="https://github.com/downloads/libarchive/libarchive/libarchive-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=76e8d7c7b100ec4071e48c1b7d3f3ea1d22b39db3e45b7189f75b5ff4df90fac
 
+crossmakedepends="zlib-devel bzip2-devel acl-devel openssl-devel liblzma-devel expat-devel"
+
 if [ -n "${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET}" ]; then
 	makedepends="automake perl"
-fi
-crossmakedepends="zlib-devel bzip2-devel acl-devel openssl-devel liblzma-devel expat-devel"
 
 pre_configure() {
 	./build/autogen.sh
 }
 
 pre_build() {
+	# XXX remove las for now.
 	rm -f /usr/${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET}/lib/*.la
 }
+
+fi