diff --git a/srcpkgs/ncurses/template b/srcpkgs/ncurses/template
index 01d7761e9fb..ea612192458 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ncurses/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ncurses/template
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ else
 	subpackages="ncurses-base ncurses-devel ncurses-libs ncurses-term"
 fi
 
-do_build() {
+do_configure() {
 	mkdir ncurses-build ncursesw-build
 	cd ${wrksrc}/ncursesw-build
 
@@ -36,13 +36,19 @@ do_build() {
 		--enable-widec --with-shared --without-debug \
 		--with-manpage-symlinks --without-ada --enable-ext-colors \
 		--without-tests
-	make ${makejobs}
 
 	cd ${wrksrc}/ncurses-build
 	# non-widec build
 	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC" \
 		../configure ${CONFIGURE_SHARED_ARGS} --with-shared \
 		--without-debug --without-ada --without-tests
+}
+
+do_build() {
+	cd ${wrksrc}/ncursesw-build
+	make ${makejobs}
+
+	cd ${wrksrc}/ncurses-build
 	make ${makejobs}
 }