diff --git a/srcpkgs/webkit-gtk3/template b/srcpkgs/webkit-gtk3/template
index 72fbfefa1ec..193e072e7cd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/webkit-gtk3/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/webkit-gtk3/template
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Add_dependency build libXt-devel
 Add_dependency build libX11-devel
 Add_dependency build libXrender-devel
 
-do_build()
+do_configure()
 {
 	local args="--enable-video --enable-jit --enable-3d-transforms \
 		--with-font-backend=freetype --enable-introspection \
@@ -82,10 +82,18 @@ do_build()
 		${CONFIGURE_SHARED_ARGS}"
 
 	for ver in 2 3; do
-		[ ! -d build-gtk${ver} ] && mkdir build-gtk${ver}
-		msg_normal "Building GTK+${ver} version...\n"
+		[ ! -d ${wrksrc}/build-gtk${ver} ] && \
+			mkdir ${wrksrc}/build-gtk${ver}
 		cd ${wrksrc}/build-gtk${ver}
 		../configure ${args} --with-gtk=${ver}.0
+	done
+}
+
+do_build()
+{
+	for ver in 2 3; do
+		msg_normal "Building GTK+${ver} version...\n"
+		cd ${wrksrc}/build-gtk${ver}
 		make ${makejobs}
 	done
 }