diff --git a/srcpkgs/mypaint/template b/srcpkgs/mypaint/template
index 424cf9953ca..9a7c1b1b411 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mypaint/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mypaint/template
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://mypaint.intilinux.com"
 distfiles="http://download.gna.org/mypaint/mypaint-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum="780d57e50dd90afd586873bc5120261930ea4c309d4d0958020916932122e838"
-depends="pygtk python gtk+ python-numpy python-cairo>=1.4 libpng lcms2 json-c"
-makedepends="scons swig pkg-config json-c-devel python-numpy-devel libglib-devel libpng-devel lcms2-devel gtk+-devel python-gobject2-devel"
+depends="pygtk python-numpy"
+makedepends="json-c-devel python-numpy-devel libglib-devel libpng-devel lcms2-devel gtk+-devel python-gobject2-devel"
+hostmakedepends="scons swig pkg-config"
 post_extract() {
 	sed -i "s/'json'/'json-c'/g" brushlib/SConscript
 }