diff --git a/x11-plugins/pidgin-mbpurple/pidgin-mbpurple-0.3.0-r2.ebuild b/x11-plugins/pidgin-mbpurple/pidgin-mbpurple-0.3.0-r2.ebuild
index 9e38de55cc19c..4d1b4a1b27c12 100644
--- a/x11-plugins/pidgin-mbpurple/pidgin-mbpurple-0.3.0-r2.ebuild
+++ b/x11-plugins/pidgin-mbpurple/pidgin-mbpurple-0.3.0-r2.ebuild
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
 src_prepare() {
 	default
 
-	tc-export CC
-
 	# upstream Issue 226 (Respect LDFLAGS)
 	sed -i "/^LDFLAGS/d" global.mak || die "sed for LDFLAGS failed"
 
@@ -38,3 +36,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 		sed -i 's/twitgin//g' Makefile || die
 	fi
 }
+
+src_configure() {
+	tc-export CC
+}