diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtest/template b/srcpkgs/gtest/template
index 980c4d5e6e5..556328d992e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gtest/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtest/template
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ build_style=cmake
 short_desc="Google's framework for writing C++ tests"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="MIT"
-hostmakedepends="unzip cmake"
+hostmakedepends="unzip"
 homepage="https://github.com/google/googletest"
 distfiles="https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-${version}.tar.gz>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=58a6f4277ca2bc8565222b3bbd58a177609e9c488e8a72649359ba51450db7d8