diff --git a/srcpkgs/dovecot-plugin-pigeonhole/template b/srcpkgs/dovecot-plugin-pigeonhole/template
index 785409fac3c..393d89f5159 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dovecot-plugin-pigeonhole/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dovecot-plugin-pigeonhole/template
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # Template file for 'dovecot-plugin-pigeonhole'
 pkgname=dovecot-plugin-pigeonhole
-# make sure this matches the current dovecot
-_dovecot_ver=2.2.21
 version=0.4.9
 revision=3
 wrksrc="dovecot-2.2-pigeonhole-${version}"