diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-devel/template b/srcpkgs/xbps-devel/template
index 4b61b4f93c0..1119e39950e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xbps-devel/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps-devel/template
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ build_style=configure
 build_wrksrc="xbps"
 configure_script="./configure"
 configure_args="--prefix=/ --includedir=/usr/include
---datadir=/usr/share --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-pie
---with-external-proplib --with-external-libfetch"
+--datadir=/usr/share --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-pie"
 short_desc="The XBPS package system (development branch)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://code.google.com/p/xbps"