diff --git a/srcpkgs/ibus-m17n/template b/srcpkgs/ibus-m17n/template
index 325e7ef1832..663096d55c0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ibus-m17n/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ibus-m17n/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/lib/ibus"
 hostmakedepends="gettext gettext-devel ibus m17n-db m17n-lib
- gnome-common pkg-config automake libtool which xz"
+ pkg-config automake libtool which xz"
 makedepends="gettext-devel ibus-devel m17n-lib-devel"
 depends="ibus m17n-db"
 short_desc="M17N engine for IBus"