diff --git a/srcpkgs/libplist/template b/srcpkgs/libplist/template
index eac3263a74d..66f6b772204 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libplist/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libplist/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'libplist'
 pkgname=libplist
 version=2.0.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config python-devel python-Cython"
@@ -12,13 +12,11 @@ license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
 homepage="http://libimobiledevice.org/"
 distfiles="http://www.libimobiledevice.org/downloads/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=3a7e9694c2d9a85174ba1fa92417cfabaea7f6d19631e544948dc7e17e82f602
-
-nocross="investigate why this works with aarch64 but not arm[67]"
+CPPFLAGS+=" -I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/python2.7"
+LDFLAGS+=" -L${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib -lpython2.7"
 
 pre_configure() {
 	sed -i 's,-L$(libdir),,g' cython/Makefile.am
-	export PYTHON_CPPFLAGS="-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/python2.7"
-	export PYTHON_LDFLAGS="-L${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib -lpython2.7"
 	autoreconf -fi
 }