diff --git a/srcpkgs/linphone-desktop/template b/srcpkgs/linphone-desktop/template
index 478315ff164daf..0e56d88ebc8658 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/linphone-desktop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/linphone-desktop/template
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ version=5.0.4
 revision=1
 build_wrksrc="linphone-app" # The root cmake is glue code for their vendored libs
 build_style=cmake
-configure_args="-DFULL_VERSION=$version"
 hostmakedepends="qt5-qmake qt5-host-tools qt5-declarative"
 makedepends="bctoolbox-devel belcard-devel belle-sip-devel linphone-devel
  mediastreamer-devel qt5-declarative-devel qt5-quickcontrols2-devel
@@ -18,6 +17,18 @@ distfiles="https://gitlab.linphone.org/BC/public/linphone-desktop/-/archive/${ve
 checksum=0399b32100dd555ab503b0f8856f6a632cd704672805301c7c753b8a1183a445
 replaces="linphone-gui>=0"
 
+pre_configure() {
+	IFS=. read _major _minor _patch <<<"$version"
+	vsed -e "s/set(FULL_VERSION )/set(FULL_VERSION $version)/g" -i CMakeLists.txt
+	vsed -e "s/set(version_major )/set(version_major $_major)/g" -i CMakeLists.txt
+	vsed -e "s/set(version_minor )/set(version_minor $_minor)/g" -i CMakeLists.txt
+	vsed -e "s/set(version_patch )/set(version_patch $_patch)/g" -i CMakeLists.txt
+	vsed -e "/bc_compute_full_version/d" -i CMakeLists.txt
+	vsed -e "/bc_parse_full_version/d" -i CMakeLists.txt
+	vsed -e "/find_package(bctoolbox CONFIG)/d" -i CMakeLists.txt
+	vsed -e "/project(/ a find_package(bctoolbox CONFIG)" -i CMakeLists.txt
+}
+
 linphone-gui_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - (transitional dummy package)"
 	depends="linphone-desktop"