diff --git a/srcpkgs/chroot-grep/template b/srcpkgs/chroot-grep/template
index a9e4e6866da..fc5f56231bd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/chroot-grep/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/chroot-grep/template
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 # Reset some vars
 unset build_depends revision
 
+revision=1
 base_chroot=yes
 pkgname=chroot-grep
 wrksrc=grep-${version}
-configure_args="${configure_args} --disable-perl-regexp"
-configure_args="${configure_args} --disable-nls ac_cv_path_GREP=grep"
+configure_args="--disable-perl-regexp --disable-nls ac_cv_path_GREP=grep"
 short_desc="The GNU grep utility - for use with xbps-src"
 long_desc="${long_desc}