diff --git a/srcpkgs/base-system/template b/srcpkgs/base-system/template
index 13f6e1ef26b..02645596d49 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/base-system/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/base-system/template
@@ -11,19 +11,14 @@ license="Public domain"
 # XXX merge this with base-system-rpi
 only_for_archs="i686 x86_64"
 
-# XXX can't currently use makedepends here:
-#
-# 	1- conflicts with chroot-* pkgs
-# 	2- can't resolve virtual packages in srcpkgs (cron-daemon).
-#
-_depends="base-files>=0.77 ncurses coreutils findutils diffutils dash bash grep
+makedepends="
+ base-files>=0.77 ncurses coreutils findutils diffutils dash bash grep
  texinfo file sed gawk less util-linux which tar man-pages man-db shadow
  e2fsprogs btrfs-progs xfsprogs kbd psmisc procps-ng sudo tzdata pciutils
- iana-etc systemd cron-daemon openssh>=6.1p1 dhcpcd iproute2 iputils
+ iana-etc systemd dcron?cron-daemon openssh>=6.1p1 dhcpcd iproute2 iputils
  bridge-utils ifenslave iw wpa_supplicant xbps netbsd-wtf nvi dosfstools
  wifi-firmware linux void-artwork nss-mdns traceroute ethtool parted"
 
 base-system_package() {
-	replaces="xbps-base-system>=0"
-	depends="${_depends}"
+	depends="${makedepends}"
 }