diff --git a/srcpkgs/ulatencyd/template b/srcpkgs/ulatencyd/template
index 93cb9c46f97..1e130b7f368 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ulatencyd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ulatencyd/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=7
 _subrelease=alpha.2.1
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version}-${_subrelease}"
 build_style=cmake
-hostmakedepends="cmake pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="procps-ng-devel glib-devel dbus-glib-devel lua51-devel libxcb-devel"
 depends="luaposix51 ConsoleKit2"
 nopie=yes