diff --git a/srcpkgs/goffice/template b/srcpkgs/goffice/template
index 41d23db0988..7e67cf15065 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/goffice/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/goffice/template
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ revision=1
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config pcre intltool"
 makedepends="GConf-devel glib-devel libgsf-devel libxml2-devel pango-devel cairo-devel gtk+-devel pcre-devel"
 build_style="gnu-configure"
-configure_args=""
 maintainer="Philipp Hirsch <itself@hanspolo.net>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://freecode.com/projects/${pkgname}"