diff --git a/srcpkgs/toxic/template b/srcpkgs/toxic/template
index 39f53491972..e1fa3bce1a3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/toxic/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/toxic/template
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 build_style="gnu-makefile"
 distfiles="https://github.com/Tox/toxic/archive/${_commithash}.tar.gz"
 checksum="14990c674363004b7d2d4c14706f8a6232eb0b546e7b8f9889867761de548435"
-make_install_args="-C build ${make_install_args}"
-make_build_args="${make_install_args}"
+make_install_args="-C build"
 wrksrc="toxic-${_commithash}"
 
+do_build() {
+	make CC=$CC -C build ${makejobs}
+}