diff --git a/srcpkgs/libasr/template b/srcpkgs/libasr/template
index 484976cde3c..fdd5986a740 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libasr/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libasr/template
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ version=1.0.4
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool"
-makedepends="libressl-devel"
 short_desc="Simple and portable asynchronous resolver library"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="BSD-2-Clause"