diff --git a/srcpkgs/gedit/template b/srcpkgs/gedit/template
index 419d6474299..f73d3735b64 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gedit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gedit/template
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ configure_args="-Dplugins=true
 hostmakedepends="itstool pkg-config glib-devel gdk-pixbuf perl gettext
  $(vopt_if gir vala)"
 makedepends="gsettings-desktop-schemas-devel gspell-devel gtksourceview4-devel
- libpeas-devel libsoup-devel tepl-devel $(vopt_if gir 'python3-gobject-devel')"
+ libpeas-devel tepl-devel $(vopt_if gir 'python3-gobject-devel')"
 depends="desktop-file-utils gsettings-desktop-schemas iso-codes"
 short_desc="Text editor for GNOME"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"