diff --git a/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-base1/template b/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-base1/template
index 721a76a5b9c..e5e3e8ccb6a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-base1/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-base1/template
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ configure_args="-Dtremor=disabled -Dexamples=disabled -Dgtk_doc=disabled
  -Dcdparanoia=$(vopt_if cdparanoia enabled disabled)
  -Dintrospection=$(vopt_if gir enabled disabled)
  -Dsndio=$(vopt_if sndio enabled disabled)"
-hostmakedepends="gettext-devel pkg-config glib-devel orc"
+hostmakedepends="gettext pkg-config glib-devel orc"
 makedepends="gstreamer1-devel glib-devel libxml2-devel pango-devel
  cairo-devel liboil-devel alsa-lib-devel libXv-devel libXext-devel
  libvisual-devel libgudev-devel libtheora-devel libvorbis-devel