diff --git a/srcpkgs/libaom/template b/srcpkgs/libaom/template
index 072a044043d..64fc8dcbd63 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libaom/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libaom/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 create_wrksrc=yes
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DENABLE_DOCS=OFF -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
-hostmakedepends="yasm doxygen perl python"
+hostmakedepends="yasm doxygen perl"
 short_desc="AV1 Codec library implementation"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="BSD-2-Clause"