diff --git a/srcpkgs/coreutils/template b/srcpkgs/coreutils/template
index 5c5d3cd4f42..60a15d0add7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/coreutils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/coreutils/template
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ pre_configure() {
 	# the manpages via help2man.
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		CC=cc LD=ld AR=ar RANLIB=ranlib CFLAGS=-Os CXXFLAGS=-Os LDFLAGS= \
-			./configure --prefix=${wrksrc}/coreutils-${XBPS_MACHINE}
+			./configure --prefix=${wrksrc}/coreutils-${XBPS_MACHINE} \
+			--enable-install-program=arch,hostname \
+			--enable-no-install-program=kill,uptime
 		make ${makejobs}
 		make install
 		make distclean