diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-gobject/template b/srcpkgs/python3-gobject/template
index 81c0e616940..6af77760a72 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-gobject/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-gobject/template
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ build_style=meson
 build_helper="gir"
 configure_args="-Dpython=python${py3_ver}"
 pycompile_module="gi pygtkcompat"
-hostmakedepends="gobject-introspection pkg-config python3 python3-MarkupSafe"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3 python3-MarkupSafe"
 makedepends="libglib-devel python3-cairo-devel python3-devel"
 depends="gir-freedesktop python3-cairo"
 short_desc="Python3 bindings for GObject"
@@ -17,19 +17,6 @@ homepage="https://pygobject.readthedocs.io/"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/pygobject/${version%.*}/pygobject-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=c39ca2a28364b57fa00549c6e836346031e6b886c3ceabfd8ab4b4fed0a83611
 
-pre_configure() {
-	if [ ! -s "${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/share/gobject-introspection-1.0/tests/gitestmacros.h" ]; then
-		# /usr/share/gobject-introspection-1.0/tests missing in cross builds
-		cp -aR /usr/share/gobject-introspection-1.0/tests \
-			${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/share/gobject-introspection-1.0
-	fi
-}
-
-post_install() {
-	# In case it was copied make sure it's removed
-	rm -rf ${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/share/gobject-introspection-1.0/tests
-}
-
 python3-gobject-devel_package() {
 	depends="libgirepository-devel python3-cairo-devel
 	 libglib-devel libffi-devel