diff --git a/srcpkgs/libftdi1/template b/srcpkgs/libftdi1/template
index 3073df6d2ac..f6b4526d86f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libftdi1/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libftdi1/template
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ pkgname=libftdi1
 version=1.3
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
-hostmakedepends="cmake"
 makedepends="libusb-devel confuse-devel"
 short_desc="Library to talk to FTDI chips"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"