diff --git a/multimedia/vkeybd/vkeybd.SlackBuild b/multimedia/vkeybd/vkeybd.SlackBuild
index 05fc51353e..409db3eb64 100644
--- a/multimedia/vkeybd/vkeybd.SlackBuild
+++ b/multimedia/vkeybd/vkeybd.SlackBuild
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ make \
   COPTFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   PREFIX=/usr \
   MAN_DIR=/usr/man \
-  TCL_VERSION=$(pkg-config --modversion tcl)
+  TCL_VERSION=8.6
 make \
   PREFIX=/usr \
   MAN_DIR=/usr/man \
-  TCL_VERSION=$(pkg-config --modversion tcl) \
+  TCL_VERSION=8.6 \
   install-all \
   DESTDIR=$PKG