diff --git a/roles/archbuild/tasks/main.yml b/roles/archbuild/tasks/main.yml
index dff7c9dbb050bfcfa5f7d3c800840229c806766a..d42a3dad859dd9a0d9c0c0a386e1afbd2431fd8f 100644
--- a/roles/archbuild/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/archbuild/tasks/main.yml
@@ -122,8 +122,14 @@
     - clean-dests.timer
     - clean-offload-build.timer
 
-- name: Install makepkg.conf
-  template: src=makepkg.conf.j2 dest=/etc/makepkg.conf owner=root group=root mode=0644
+- name: Override makepkg.conf variables
+  lineinfile:
+    path: /etc/makepkg.conf
+    regexp: '^#?{{ item.name | regex_escape }}='
+    line: '{{ item.name }}={{ item.value }}'
+  loop:
+    - { name: MAKEFLAGS, value: '"-j$(nproc)"' }
+    - { name: SRCDEST, value: /var/lib/archbuilddest/srcdest }
 
 - name: Install archbuild sudoers config
   copy: src=sudoers dest=/etc/sudoers.d/archbuild owner=root group=root mode=0440
diff --git a/roles/archbuild/templates/makepkg.conf.j2 b/roles/archbuild/templates/makepkg.conf.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 55778617fa09494d61edca3c9230c432964257ae..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/roles/archbuild/templates/makepkg.conf.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,161 +0,0 @@
-#!/hint/bash
-#
-# /etc/makepkg.conf
-#
-
-#########################################################################
-# SOURCE ACQUISITION
-#########################################################################
-#
-#-- The download utilities that makepkg should use to acquire sources
-#  Format: 'protocol::agent'
-DLAGENTS=('file::/usr/bin/curl -qgC - -o %o %u'
-          'ftp::/usr/bin/curl -qgfC - --ftp-pasv --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 -o %o %u'
-          'http::/usr/bin/curl -qgb "" -fLC - --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 -o %o %u'
-          'https::/usr/bin/curl -qgb "" -fLC - --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 -o %o %u'
-          'rsync::/usr/bin/rsync --no-motd -z %u %o'
-          'scp::/usr/bin/scp -C %u %o')
-
-# Other common tools:
-# /usr/bin/snarf
-# /usr/bin/lftpget -c
-# /usr/bin/wget
-
-#-- The package required by makepkg to download VCS sources
-#  Format: 'protocol::package'
-VCSCLIENTS=('bzr::bzr'
-            'fossil::fossil'
-            'git::git'
-            'hg::mercurial'
-            'svn::subversion')
-
-#########################################################################
-# ARCHITECTURE, COMPILE FLAGS
-#########################################################################
-#
-CARCH="x86_64"
-CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
-
-#-- Compiler and Linker Flags
-#CPPFLAGS=""
-CFLAGS="-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fno-plt -fexceptions \
-        -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wformat -Werror=format-security \
-        -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection"
-CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS"
-LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro,-z,now"
-LTOFLAGS="-flto=auto"
-#RUSTFLAGS="-C opt-level=2"
-#-- Make Flags: change this for DistCC/SMP systems
-#MAKEFLAGS="-j2"
-MAKEFLAGS="-j{{ ansible_processor_vcpus + 1 }}"
-#-- Debugging flags
-DEBUG_CFLAGS="-g"
-DEBUG_CXXFLAGS="$DEBUG_CFLAGS"
-#DEBUG_RUSTFLAGS="-C debuginfo=2"
-
-#########################################################################
-# BUILD ENVIRONMENT
-#########################################################################
-#
-# Makepkg defaults: BUILDENV=(!distcc !color !ccache check !sign)
-#  A negated environment option will do the opposite of the comments below.
-#
-#-- distcc:   Use the Distributed C/C++/ObjC compiler
-#-- color:    Colorize output messages
-#-- ccache:   Use ccache to cache compilation
-#-- check:    Run the check() function if present in the PKGBUILD
-#-- sign:     Generate PGP signature file
-#
-BUILDENV=(!distcc color !ccache check !sign)
-#
-#-- If using DistCC, your MAKEFLAGS will also need modification. In addition,
-#-- specify a space-delimited list of hosts running in the DistCC cluster.
-#DISTCC_HOSTS=""
-#
-#-- Specify a directory for package building.
-#BUILDDIR=/tmp/makepkg
-
-#########################################################################
-# GLOBAL PACKAGE OPTIONS
-#   These are default values for the options=() settings
-#########################################################################
-#
-# Makepkg defaults: OPTIONS=(!strip docs libtool staticlibs emptydirs !zipman !purge !debug !lto)
-#  A negated option will do the opposite of the comments below.
-#
-#-- strip:      Strip symbols from binaries/libraries
-#-- docs:       Save doc directories specified by DOC_DIRS
-#-- libtool:    Leave libtool (.la) files in packages
-#-- staticlibs: Leave static library (.a) files in packages
-#-- emptydirs:  Leave empty directories in packages
-#-- zipman:     Compress manual (man and info) pages in MAN_DIRS with gzip
-#-- purge:      Remove files specified by PURGE_TARGETS
-#-- debug:      Add debugging flags as specified in DEBUG_* variables
-#-- lto:        Add compile flags for building with link time optimization
-#
-OPTIONS=(strip docs !libtool !staticlibs emptydirs zipman purge !debug !lto)
-
-#-- File integrity checks to use. Valid: md5, sha1, sha224, sha256, sha384, sha512, b2
-INTEGRITY_CHECK=(sha256)
-#-- Options to be used when stripping binaries. See `man strip' for details.
-STRIP_BINARIES="--strip-all"
-#-- Options to be used when stripping shared libraries. See `man strip' for details.
-STRIP_SHARED="--strip-unneeded"
-#-- Options to be used when stripping static libraries. See `man strip' for details.
-STRIP_STATIC="--strip-debug"
-#-- Manual (man and info) directories to compress (if zipman is specified)
-MAN_DIRS=({usr{,/local}{,/share},opt/*}/{man,info})
-#-- Doc directories to remove (if !docs is specified)
-DOC_DIRS=(usr/{,local/}{,share/}{doc,gtk-doc} opt/*/{doc,gtk-doc})
-#-- Files to be removed from all packages (if purge is specified)
-PURGE_TARGETS=(usr/{,share}/info/dir .packlist *.pod)
-#-- Directory to store source code in for debug packages
-DBGSRCDIR="/usr/src/debug"
-
-#########################################################################
-# PACKAGE OUTPUT
-#########################################################################
-#
-# Default: put built package and cached source in build directory
-#
-#-- Destination: specify a fixed directory where all packages will be placed
-#PKGDEST=/home/packages
-#-- Source cache: specify a fixed directory where source files will be cached
-#SRCDEST=/home/sources
-SRCDEST="/var/lib/archbuilddest/srcdest"
-#-- Source packages: specify a fixed directory where all src packages will be placed
-#SRCPKGDEST=/home/srcpackages
-#-- Log files: specify a fixed directory where all log files will be placed
-#LOGDEST=/home/makepkglogs
-#-- Packager: name/email of the person or organization building packages
-#PACKAGER="John Doe <john@doe.com>"
-#-- Specify a key to use for package signing
-#GPGKEY=""
-
-#########################################################################
-# COMPRESSION DEFAULTS
-#########################################################################
-#
-COMPRESSGZ=(gzip -c -f -n)
-COMPRESSBZ2=(bzip2 -c -f)
-COMPRESSXZ=(xz -c -z -)
-COMPRESSZST=(zstd -c -z -q -)
-COMPRESSLRZ=(lrzip -q)
-COMPRESSLZO=(lzop -q)
-COMPRESSZ=(compress -c -f)
-COMPRESSLZ4=(lz4 -q)
-COMPRESSLZ=(lzip -c -f)
-
-#########################################################################
-# EXTENSION DEFAULTS
-#########################################################################
-#
-PKGEXT='.pkg.tar.zst'
-SRCEXT='.src.tar.gz'
-
-#########################################################################
-# OTHER
-#########################################################################
-#
-#-- Command used to run pacman as root, instead of trying sudo and su
-#PACMAN_AUTH=()