diff --git a/srcpkgs/AppStream/template b/srcpkgs/AppStream/template
index f3e7c3e5047..aab604b0c6c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/AppStream/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/AppStream/template
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ configure_args="$(vopt_bool gir gir) $(vopt_bool vala vapi)
 hostmakedepends="docbook-xsl gettext glib-devel gperf libxslt pkg-config
  qt5-host-tools $(vopt_if vala vala) itstool"
 makedepends="libglib-devel libxml2-devel libyaml-devel qt5-devel libxmlb-devel
- libsoup-devel libcurl-devel"
+ libcurl-devel"
 short_desc="Tools and libraries to work with AppStream metadata"
 maintainer="Michal Vasilek <michal@vasilek.cz>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"