diff --git a/templates/mng.pre_configure b/templates/mng.pre_configure
deleted file mode 100644
index 01a9c2eb083..00000000000
--- a/templates/mng.pre_configure
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Automake'ify MNG.
-#
-
-cd $wrksrc &&	\
-	$ln_cmd -sf makefiles/configure.in . && \
-	$ln_cmd -sf makefiles/Makefile.am .
-
-. $XBPS_TMPLHELPDIR/automake.sh
diff --git a/templates/mng.tmpl b/templates/mng.tmpl
index 230d0f19003..aebdc8fa3c9 100644
--- a/templates/mng.tmpl
+++ b/templates/mng.tmpl
@@ -14,3 +14,14 @@ long_desc="
  uses the zlib(3) compression library, and optionally the JPEG library by the
  Independent JPEG Group (IJG) and/or lcms (little CMS), a color-management
  library by Marti Maria Saguar."
+
+pre_configure()
+{
+	# Automake'ify MNG.
+
+	cd $wrksrc &&   \
+        	$ln_cmd -sf makefiles/configure.in . && \
+        	$ln_cmd -sf makefiles/Makefile.am .
+
+	. $XBPS_TMPLHELPDIR/automake.sh
+}