diff --git a/srcpkgs/eigen2/template b/srcpkgs/eigen2/template
index d0e70dd395f..e5745a274eb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/eigen2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/eigen2/template
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="eigen-eigen-b23437e61a07"
 build_style=cmake
-hostmakedepends="cmake"
 short_desc="C++ template library for linear algebra (version 2.x)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-3, LGPL-3"