diff --git a/srcpkgs/librsync/template b/srcpkgs/librsync/template
index 5e428b171e2..5c1b5f71d05 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/librsync/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/librsync/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=2.0.0
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR=$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE"
-hostmakedepends="cmake perl"
+hostmakedepends="perl"
 makedepends="zlib-devel bzip2-devel popt-devel"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://librsync.sourceforge.net/"