diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-control-center/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-control-center/template
index 09d4f51512a..2454f13a25d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-control-center/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-control-center/template
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ hostmakedepends="which pkg-config intltool gnome-doc-utils gobject-introspection
 # XXX modem manager needs ModemManager.
 # XXX Printers panel seems to require samba4.
 makedepends="libXi-devel libnotify-devel colord-devel>=0.1.31
- gnome-desktop-devel>=3.8.0 libgnomekbd-devel>=3.6.0 cups-devel
+ gnome-desktop-devel>=3.8.0 libgnomekbd-devel>=3.6.0
  gnome-menus-devel>=3.8.0 network-manager-applet-devel
  gnome-settings-daemon-devel>=3.8.0 gnome-online-accounts-devel>=3.8.0
  libsocialweb-devel libcanberra-devel polkit-devel libgtop-devel