diff --git a/srcpkgs/pugixml/template b/srcpkgs/pugixml/template
index 921b2d8dfcd..dcb2846dc4b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pugixml/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pugixml/template
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ pkgname=pugixml
 version=1.7
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
-hostmakedepends="cmake"
 short_desc="Light-weight, simple and fast XML parser for C++ with XPath support"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="MIT"