diff --git a/srcpkgs/xmlsec1/template b/srcpkgs/xmlsec1/template
index 0d38436749a..c9f28056492 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xmlsec1/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xmlsec1/template
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ pre_configure() {
 }
 
 post_install() {
-	sed -e "s,${XBPS_CROSS_BASE},,g" -i ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/xmlsec1Conf.sh
+	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		sed -e "s,${XBPS_CROSS_BASE},,g" -i ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/xmlsec1Conf.sh
+	fi
 }
 
 xmlsec1-devel_package() {