diff --git a/packages/dotnet-host/build.sh b/packages/dotnet-host/build.sh
index 59b0e6ffe451f2e..9db4d805a582ee4 100644
--- a/packages/dotnet-host/build.sh
+++ b/packages/dotnet-host/build.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="A metapackage for .NET Host"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="Public Domain"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@truboxl"
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION="9.0"
-TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=1
+TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=2
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="dotnet-host-9.0 | dotnet-host-8.0"
 TERMUX_PKG_ANTI_BUILD_DEPENDS="dotnet-host-9.0, dotnet-host-8.0"
 TERMUX_PKG_AUTO_UPDATE=false
diff --git a/packages/netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1/build.sh b/packages/netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1/build.sh
index e8b96b3db9dd7a8..98e43b0a73dab3a 100644
--- a/packages/netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1/build.sh
+++ b/packages/netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1/build.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="A metapackage for NETStandard.Library 2.1 Targeting Pack
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="Public Domain"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@truboxl"
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION="9.0"
-TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=1
+TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=2
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1-9.0 | netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1-8.0"
 TERMUX_PKG_ANTI_BUILD_DEPENDS="netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1-9.0, netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1-8.0"
 TERMUX_PKG_AUTO_UPDATE=false
diff --git a/scripts/build/termux_step_start_build.sh b/scripts/build/termux_step_start_build.sh
index 15b56c821527ee6..47ec3a9fb5f74c9 100644
--- a/scripts/build/termux_step_start_build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/termux_step_start_build.sh
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@ termux_step_start_build() {
 	TERMUX_HOSTBUILD_MARKER="$TERMUX_PKG_HOSTBUILD_DIR/TERMUX_BUILT_FOR_$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION"
 
 	if [ "$TERMUX_PKG_METAPACKAGE" = "true" ]; then
-		# Metapackage has no sources and therefore platform-independent.
+		# Metapackage has no sources
 		TERMUX_PKG_SKIP_SRC_EXTRACT=true
-		TERMUX_PKG_PLATFORM_INDEPENDENT=true
+		# Usually metapackages are also platform dependent but it is not always the
+		# right decision to mark them as such when they depend on packages which may
+		# not be available for all architectures
+		# TERMUX_PKG_PLATFORM_INDEPENDENT=true
 	fi
 
 	if [ -n "${TERMUX_PKG_EXCLUDED_ARCHES:=""}" ] && [ "$TERMUX_PKG_EXCLUDED_ARCHES" != "${TERMUX_PKG_EXCLUDED_ARCHES/$TERMUX_ARCH/}" ]; then