diff --git a/srcpkgs/slurm/template b/srcpkgs/slurm/template
index 46b86211dde..ef2da536c4f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/slurm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/slurm/template
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ version=0.4.3
 revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-upstream-${version}"
 build_style="cmake"
-hostmakedepends="cmake"
 makedepends="ncurses-devel"
 short_desc="Yet another network load monitor"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"