diff --git a/srcpkgs/ffmpeg/template b/srcpkgs/ffmpeg/template
index 279b81e25b8..28242b1a203 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ffmpeg/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ffmpeg/template
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@ Add_dependency build libva-devel
 Add_dependency build libvdpau-devel
 Add_dependency build jack-devel
 
-do_configure()
-{
+do_configure() {
 	./configure \
 		--prefix=/usr \
 		--enable-libmp3lame \
@@ -83,14 +82,11 @@ do_configure()
 		--disable-debug
 }
 
-do_build()
-{
-	sed -i -e "s|pod2man|/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/bin/pod2man|g" Makefile
+do_build() {
 	make ${makejobs}
 	make doc/ff{mpeg,play,server}.1
 }
 
-do_install()
-{
+do_install() {
 	make DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install install-man
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtk-vnc/template b/srcpkgs/gtk-vnc/template
index cedcd8546d2..802e07035c5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gtk-vnc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtk-vnc/template
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ long_desc="
 
 subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
 
+Add_dependency build perl ">=0"
 Add_dependency build pkg-config
 Add_dependency build intltool
 Add_dependency build gobject-introspection
@@ -26,7 +27,3 @@ Add_dependency build gtk+3-devel
 Add_dependency build gnutls-devel
 Add_dependency build libsasl-devel
 Add_dependency build vala-devel
-
-pre_build() {
-	sed -i "s|pod2man|/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/bin/pod2man|g" tools/Makefile.in
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvirt/template b/srcpkgs/libvirt/template
index d6318ce0139..7be872f3077 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libvirt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvirt/template
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ version=0.8.8
 distfiles="http://libvirt.org/sources/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--without-hal"
-make_build_args="POD2MAN=/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/bin/pod2man"
 short_desc="The virtualization API"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 checksum=030aea3728917053555bec98d93d2855e8a603b758c0b2a5d57ac48b4f39e113
diff --git a/srcpkgs/tcc/template b/srcpkgs/tcc/template
index c6e13e78b45..a3b0081355f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tcc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tcc/template
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'tcc'
 pkgname=tcc
 version=0.9.25
+build_style=gnu-configure
 distfiles="${NONGNU_SITE}/tinycc/tcc-$version.tar.bz2"
 revision=1
 short_desc="The Tiny C Compiler"
@@ -24,15 +25,3 @@ long_desc="
     * With libtcc, you can use TCC as a backend for dynamic code generation."
 
 Add_dependency build perl # for pod2man
-
-do_build()
-{
-	sed -i -e "s|pod2man|/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/bin/pod2man|g" Makefile
-	./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man
-	make ${makejobs}
-}
-
-do_install()
-{
-	make DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/wget/template b/srcpkgs/wget/template
index d40d204f584..b40fd59de91 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/wget/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/wget/template
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ pkgname=wget
 version=1.13.4
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--with-ssl=openssl
-POD2MAN=/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/bin/pod2man"
+configure_args="--with-ssl=openssl"
 revision=1
 short_desc="The GNU wget utility"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.org>"
@@ -35,6 +34,7 @@ long_desc="
 
 conf_files="/etc/wgetrc"
 Add_dependency run ca-certificates
+Add_dependency build coreutils
 Add_dependency build perl	">=0"
 Add_dependency build gettext
 Add_dependency build openssl-devel