diff --git a/srcpkgs/librsvg/template b/srcpkgs/librsvg/template
index b7c13dbfa9a..cf46ef5d91b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/librsvg/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/librsvg/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 build_helper="gir"
 configure_args="--disable-static --enable-introspection --enable-vala"
-hostmakedepends="cargo pkg-config python glib-devel gdk-pixbuf-devel vala"
+hostmakedepends="cargo pkg-config glib-devel gdk-pixbuf-devel vala"
 makedepends="cairo-devel freetype-devel gdk-pixbuf-devel libcroco-devel
  libglib-devel libxml2-devel pango-devel rust vala"
 short_desc="SVG library for GNOME"