diff --git a/srcpkgs/allegro4/template b/srcpkgs/allegro4/template
index 0c8b229650e..94c8aa2c14f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/allegro4/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/allegro4/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=5
 wrksrc="allegro-${version}"
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DWANT_DOCS=OFF"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config cmake"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="zlib-devel alsa-lib-devel jack-devel libXpm-devel libXxf86vm-devel
  libXxf86dga-devel libXcursor-devel libvorbis-devel libpng-devel glu-devel"
 # libGL.so is dlopen()ed.