diff --git a/srcpkgs/birdie/template b/srcpkgs/birdie/template
index b0ecbbbc672..f1456dce521 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/birdie/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/birdie/template
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://birdieapp.github.io/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/birdieapp/birdie/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum="c9b652b157f09241197c859d2c77f14becaf1b1031b1d2140dcc052a6227a338"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool vala-devel"
 makedepends="dbus-glib-devel gtk+3-devel gtksourceview-devel json-glib-devel
  libXtst-devel libcanberra-devel libgee-devel libnotify-devel libpurple-devel
- rest-devel sqlite-devel vala-devel webkitgtk-devel"
+ rest-devel sqlite-devel webkitgtk-devel"
 depends="hicolor-icon-theme desktop-file-utils"