diff --git a/srcpkgs/weechat/template b/srcpkgs/weechat/template
index cda16f93e17..a26a8857802 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/weechat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/weechat/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 lib32disabled=yes
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DENABLE_MAN=ON -DENABLE_ENCHANT=ON -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/python2.7 -DPYTHON_LIBRARY=/usr/lib/libpython2.7.so"
-hostmakedepends="cmake pkg-config python-devel libgcrypt-devel tcl-devel asciidoc"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config python-devel libgcrypt-devel tcl-devel asciidoc"
 makedepends="tcl-devel enchant-devel libgcrypt-devel gnutls-devel
  python-devel ruby-devel lua-devel libcurl-devel"
 depends="ca-certificates"