diff --git a/srcpkgs/fwup/template b/srcpkgs/fwup/template
index e82dfec00cd..400fb80c037 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fwup/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fwup/template
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pkgname=fwup
 version=0.5.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="ac_vc_func_open_memstream=yes"
 hostmakedepends="automake"
 makedepends="libarchive-devel libsodium-devel confuse-devel"
 short_desc="Configurable embedded Linux firmware update creator and runner"
@@ -12,10 +13,6 @@ homepage="https://github.com/fhunleth/fwup"
 distfiles="https://github.com/fhunleth/fwup/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=e059378b2d237d64423fd17f043ae5465aba4ac934bb9f90e63714cad89b5363
 
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	*-musl) configure_args+=" ac_vc_func_open_memstream=yes" ;;
-esac
-
 pre_configure() {
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 autoreconf -fi
 }