diff --git a/srcpkgs/python/template b/srcpkgs/python/template
index 461b2ca3ebf..226bc2e2af4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python/template
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ version=2.7.3
 revision=2
 wrksrc="Python-$version"
 distfiles="http://www.python.org/ftp/python/$version/Python-$version.tar.xz"
-makedepends="libffi-devel zlib-devel readline-devel gdbm-devel openssl-devel
-expat-devel db-devel ncurses-devel sqlite-devel"
+makedepends="libffi-devel readline-devel gdbm-devel openssl-devel
+ expat-devel db-devel sqlite-devel"
 short_desc="Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.python.org"