diff --git a/srcpkgs/gst-python/template b/srcpkgs/gst-python/template
index fefd2c56b32..75b7d28467d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gst-python/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gst-python/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=0.10.22
 revision=8
 lib32disabled=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--disable-static"
+configure_args="--disable-static --with-libpython-dir=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib/python2.7/config"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config python"
 makedepends="glib-devel python-devel pygtk-devel
  libxml2-devel gstreamer-devel gst-plugins-base-devel"
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ homepage="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org"
 distfiles="$homepage/src/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=8f26f519a5bccd770864317e098e5e307fc5ad1201eb96329634b6508b253178
 
-if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	configure_args+=" --with-libpython-dir=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib/python2.7/config"
-	LDFLAGS="-L${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib"
-fi
 pre_configure() {
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		sed -i -e "s,PYTHON_INCLUDES=.*,PYTHON_INCLUDES=-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/python2.7,g" configure