diff --git a/src/atheme/PKGBUILD b/src/atheme/PKGBUILD
index 99b97a9..8c0ba93 100644
--- a/src/atheme/PKGBUILD
+++ b/src/atheme/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 _large_network=default
 _pcre=default
 _perl=default
-_contrib=default
+_contrib=yes
 _cracklib=default
 _ldap=no
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ url="http://www.atheme.org/atheme/"
 license=('custom:ISC')
 # qrencode seems to be optional at build time but with no easy way to disable
 # it aside from uninstalling qrencode
-depends=('qrencode')
+#depends=('qrencode')
 conflicts=('libmowgli' 'xtheme' 'atheme-git')
 optdepends=(
     'pcre: for pcre support'