diff --git a/srcpkgs/tarpaulin/template b/srcpkgs/tarpaulin/template
index 906c16a7372..1b1dea55d0b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tarpaulin/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tarpaulin/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 archs="x86_64*"
 build_style=cargo
 make_check_args="-- --test-threads 1"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config cmake"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="openssl-devel zlib-devel"
 short_desc="Code coverage tool for Rust/Cargo projects"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"