diff --git a/srcpkgs/python/template b/srcpkgs/python/template
index a0916e5d828..4b4b7738e2c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'python'.
 pkgname=python
 version=2.7.3
-revision=5
+revision=6
 wrksrc="Python-${version}"
 short_desc="Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ checksum=61d36be58e9e9c733c49d7b76858d5c08e2c63a84f2066b29d35d3521057c985
 
 pycompile_dirs="usr/lib/python2.7"
 
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libffi-devel readline-devel gdbm-devel openssl-devel
  expat-devel db-devel>=5.3 sqlite-devel bzip2-devel zlib-devel"
 
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		sed -i "/SQLITE_OMIT_LOAD_EXTENSION/d" setup.py
 		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/include" \
 			LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/lib" \
-			./configure ${CONFIGURE_SHARED_ARGS} \
+			./configure ${CONFIGURE_SHARED_ARGS} CC="$CC" LD="$CC" \
 			${_confargs} ac_cv_buggy_getaddrinfo=no
 	}
 	do_build() {
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ else
 	do_configure() {
 		# Enable built-in SQLite3 module to load extensions (Arch fix FS#22122)
 		sed -i "/SQLITE_OMIT_LOAD_EXTENSION/d" setup.py
-		./configure ${CONFIGURE_SHARED_ARGS} ${_confargs}
+		CC="gcc" LD="gcc" ./configure ${CONFIGURE_SHARED_ARGS} ${_confargs}
 	}
 	do_build() {
 		make ${makejobs}
@@ -70,6 +71,8 @@ fi
 post_install() {
 	chmod 755 ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libpython*.so*
 	install -Dm644 LICENSE ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/licenses/python/LICENSE
+	# Remove test module.
+	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/python2.7/test
 }
 
 python_package() {