diff --git a/srcpkgs/mutt/template b/srcpkgs/mutt/template
index 42039d5d78f..7ae82f76bd8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mutt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mutt/template
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ configure_args="--enable-pop --enable-imap --enable-smtp --enable-hcache
  --with-gpgme-prefix=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr --sysconfdir=/etc/$pkgname
  --with-gdbm=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr"
 conf_files="/etc/${pkgname}/Muttrc"
-hostmakedepends="libidn2-devel perl pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="perl pkg-config"
 makedepends="gdbm-devel gpgme-devel libidn2-devel openssl-devel libsasl-devel
  ncurses-devel"
 depends="cyrus-sasl-modules mime-types"