diff --git a/srcpkgs/lua52/template b/srcpkgs/lua52/template
index b26e54aba8c..f53cb345ebc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lua52/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lua52/template
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'lua52'
 pkgname=lua52
 version=5.2.4
-revision=11
+revision=12
 wrksrc=lua-${version}
-makedepends="ncurses-devel readline-devel"
+makedepends="readline-devel"
 short_desc="Powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language (5.2.x)"
 maintainer="q66 <daniel@octaforge.org>"
 license="MIT"
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ do_install() {
 }
 
 lua52-devel_package() {
-	depends="${makedepends} lua52>=${version}_${revision}"
+	depends="lua52>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	alternatives="
 	 lua-devel:lua:/usr/share/doc/lua5.2