diff --git a/common/xbps-src/libexec/build.sh b/common/xbps-src/libexec/build.sh
index 61a459f69cc..5f3a800ea93 100755
--- a/common/xbps-src/libexec/build.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/libexec/build.sh
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ readonly SOURCEPKG="$sourcepkg"
 show_pkg_build_options
 check_pkg_arch $XBPS_CROSS_BUILD
 
-if [ -z "$XBPS_CROSS_PREPARE" ]; then
-    install_cross_pkg $XBPS_CROSS_BUILD || exit $?
-    prepare_cross_sysroot $XBPS_CROSS_BUILD || exit $?
-fi
 if [ -z "$XBPS_DEPENDENCY" -a -z "$XBPS_TEMP_MASTERDIR" -a -n "$XBPS_KEEP_ALL" -a "$XBPS_CHROOT_CMD" = "proot" ]; then
     remove_pkg_autodeps
 fi
@@ -44,6 +40,11 @@ if [ "$PKGNAME" != "$XBPS_TARGET_PKG" -o -z "$XBPS_SKIP_DEPS" ]; then
     install_pkg_deps $PKGNAME $XBPS_TARGET_PKG pkg $XBPS_CROSS_BUILD $XBPS_CROSS_PREPARE || exit $?
 fi
 
+if [ -z "$XBPS_CROSS_PREPARE" ]; then
+    install_cross_pkg $XBPS_CROSS_BUILD || exit $?
+    prepare_cross_sysroot $XBPS_CROSS_BUILD || exit $?
+fi
+
 # Fetch distfiles after installing required dependencies,
 # because some of them might be required for do_fetch().
 $XBPS_LIBEXECDIR/xbps-src-dofetch.sh $SOURCEPKG $XBPS_CROSS_BUILD || exit 1