diff --git a/srcpkgs/dovecot/template b/srcpkgs/dovecot/template
index c8f13895123..3a75ade100e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dovecot/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dovecot/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'dovecot'
 pkgname=dovecot
 version=2.2.13
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-moduledir=/usr/lib/dovecot/modules --with-sql=plugin
  --disable-static --with-nss --with-pam --with-mysql --with-pgsql
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ distfiles="${homepage}/releases/2.2/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=133cf3d2aa81733f6688ec986c91dbe07602fad81e856ba3d8046ffca85d9dce
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	CFLAGS="-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/mysql"
-	LDFLAGS="-L${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib"
-	# XXX needs host krb5-config and mysql-config
-	hostmakedepends=" mit-krb5-devel libmysqlclient-devel"
 	configure_args+="
 		i_cv_epoll_works=yes
 		i_cv_inotify_works=yes
@@ -41,7 +37,7 @@ makedepends="zlib-devel bzip2-devel openssl-devel mit-krb5-devel
  libmysqlclient-devel>=5.5.27 postgresql-libs-devel sqlite-devel
  libldap-devel libcap-devel pam-devel libcurl-devel expat-devel"
 # For SSL support.
-depends="openssl>=0 shadow"
+depends="openssl>=0"
 systemd_services="dovecot.service true"
 system_accounts="dovecot dovenull"
 dovecot_homedir="/var/chroot"