diff --git a/srcpkgs/volk/template b/srcpkgs/volk/template
index 62a6ed0b118..25bb89e3142 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/volk/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/volk/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 _cpu_features_gitrev="69d39934e83be9a0133d2850f15f5debd5eba06f"
 build_style=cmake
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3-cheetah3 git python3-Mako python3-six"
-makedepends="boost-devel python3-cheetah3 python3-devel python3-Mako python3-six"
+makedepends="python3-cheetah3 python3-devel python3-Mako python3-six"
 short_desc="Vector-Optimized Library of Kernels"
 maintainer="Andrew Benson <abenson+void@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"