diff --git a/srcpkgs/sed/template b/srcpkgs/sed/template
index 600434565f4..73a3a80842a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sed/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sed/template
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/sed"
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=fea0a94d4b605894f3e2d5572e3f96e4413bcad3a085aae7367c2cf07908b2ff
 
-if [ -n "$XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET" ]; then
+if [ -n "$XBPS_CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	unset makedepends
 	configure_args="${configure_args} ac_cv_func_aclsort=yes"
-	LDFLAGS="-L/usr/$XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET/lib -lacl"
+	LDFLAGS="-L${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/lib -lacl"
 fi