diff --git a/srcpkgs/pdf2htmlEX/template b/srcpkgs/pdf2htmlEX/template
index f60c24328c3..4215678931f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pdf2htmlEX/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pdf2htmlEX/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=pdf2htmlEX
 version=0.14.6
 revision=8
 build_style=cmake
-hostmakedepends="cmake pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="poppler-devel cairo-devel fontforge-devel python-devel pango-devel libspiro-devel"
 short_desc="Renders PDF files in HTML"
 maintainer="Logen K <logen@sudotask.com>"