diff --git a/srcpkgs/sakura/template b/srcpkgs/sakura/template
index b8a09d5931b..a130b94afa2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sakura/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sakura/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build_style=cmake
 short_desc="Simple but powerful libvte based terminal emulator"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-2"
-hostmakedepends="cmake perl pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="perl pkg-config"
 makedepends="gtk+3-devel vte3-devel"
 depends="desktop-file-utils"
 homepage="https://launchpad.net/sakura"