diff --git a/srcpkgs/hugin/template b/srcpkgs/hugin/template
index a4f291b0217..451e75fe682 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/hugin/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/hugin/template
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version=2020.0.0
 revision=2
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version}"
 build_style=cmake
+build_helper=cmake-wxWidgets-gtk3
 pycompile_dirs="usr/share/hugin/data/plugins usr/share/hugin/data/plugins-templates"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config exiftool swig gettext"
 makedepends="wxWidgets-gtk3-devel tiff-devel libpng-devel libopenexr-devel libgomp-devel
@@ -24,15 +25,3 @@ if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 else
 	makedepends+=" flann-devel"
 fi
-
-pre_configure() {
-	# workaround for cmake to find wx-config-gtk3
-	# can be removed once there is only one 'wx-config'
-	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-		# cannot override wxWidgets_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE set in
-		# the cross toolchain file otherwise
-		ln -s ${XBPS_WRAPPERDIR}/wx-config{-gtk3,}
-	else
-		sed -i "1i\set(wxWidgets_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE wx-config-gtk3)" CMakeLists.txt
-	fi
-}