diff --git a/srcpkgs/awesome/template b/srcpkgs/awesome/template
index 2588ff142f2..9f17dccd6f8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/awesome/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/awesome/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DSYSCONFDIR=/etc
  -DLUA_INCLUDE_DIR=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/lua5.2
  -DLUA_LIBRARY=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib/liblua5.2.so.5.2"
-hostmakedepends="cmake which xmlto asciidoc pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="which xmlto asciidoc pkg-config"
 makedepends="
  libxcb-devel pango-devel xcb-util-devel xcb-util-image-devel
  xcb-util-keysyms-devel xcb-util-wm-devel xcb-util-cursor-devel