diff --git a/srcpkgs/himalaya/template b/srcpkgs/himalaya/template
index 484a704d127..8e6179ad6e1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/himalaya/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/himalaya/template
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ revision=1
 build_style=cargo
 build_helper="qemu"
 configure_args="--features=oauth2"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
-checkdepends="libgit2-1.8-devel gpgme-devel libnotmuch-devel"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config libgit2-1.8-devel"
+makedepends="libgit2-1.8-devel"
+checkdepends="gpgme-devel libnotmuch-devel"
 short_desc="CLI email client"
 maintainer="Gadzhi Kharkharov <me@kkga.me>"
 license="MIT"
@@ -15,11 +16,6 @@ changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pimalaya/himalaya/master/CHANGELOG.
 distfiles="https://github.com/pimalaya/himalaya/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=bc5ee10ebdb23ea205215650070373dc591f083a96b1d6d038aa23a105256f94
 
-if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends+=" libgit2-1.8-devel"
-	makedepends+=" libgit2-1.8-devel"
-fi
-
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 	vdoc README.md