diff --git a/srcpkgs/embree/template b/srcpkgs/embree/template
index bf883bfbe74..4575d66ad63 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/embree/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/embree/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=2.12.0
 revision=1
 only_for_archs="x86_64"
 build_style=cmake
-hostmakedepends="cmake ispc"
+hostmakedepends="ispc"
 makedepends="libfreeglut-devel libXmu-devel tbb-devel MesaLib-devel libpng-devel libopenexr-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel libmagick-devel"
 short_desc="High Performance Ray Tracing Kernels"
 maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <miwaxe@gmail.com>"