diff --git a/srcpkgs/cracklib/template b/srcpkgs/cracklib/template
index cbb2cb5598e..082850faeef 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cracklib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cracklib/template
@@ -27,10 +27,7 @@ if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 fi
 
 post_install() {
-	if [ -e ../cracklib-words-1.2.gz ]; then
-		gunzip ../cracklib-words-1.2.gz
-	fi
-	vinstall ../cracklib-words-1.2 644 usr/share/cracklib cracklib-words
+	vinstall ${wrksrc}/cracklib-words-1.2 644 usr/share/cracklib cracklib-words
 }
 
 cracklib-devel_package() {