diff --git a/srcpkgs/podofo/template b/srcpkgs/podofo/template
index 29bae3fdafd..21acf009bf0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/podofo/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/podofo/template
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ version=0.9.4
 revision=2
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DPODOFO_BUILD_SHARED=1"
-hostmakedepends="cmake"
 makedepends="zlib-devel libressl-devel libidn-devel freetype-devel
  fontconfig-devel libpng-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel lua52-devel tiff-devel"
 short_desc="Library to work with the PDF file format"