diff --git a/srcpkgs/ldc/template b/srcpkgs/ldc/template
index 72f6dfdecdf..adae8e0dad9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ldc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ldc/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=2
 wrksrc="ldc-${version}-src"
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DINCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR=/usr/include/dlang/ldc -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
-hostmakedepends="cmake dmd llvm perl pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="dmd llvm perl pkg-config"
 makedepends="libconfig-devel libcurl-devel libffi-devel ncurses-devel zlib-devel"
 depends="ldc-runtime"
 conf_files="/etc/ldc2.conf"