diff --git a/srcpkgs/openbabel/template b/srcpkgs/openbabel/template
index 83eef561f8a..41273c40b73 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/openbabel/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/openbabel/template
@@ -8,17 +8,13 @@ build_style=cmake
 build_helper=cmake-wxWidgets-gtk3
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="cairo-devel libxml2-devel eigen3.2 wxWidgets-gtk3-devel"
-short_desc="The Open Source Chemistry Toolbox"
+short_desc="Open Source Chemistry Toolbox"
 maintainer="Diogo Leal <diogo@diogoleal.com>"
 license="GPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="http://openbabel.org"
 distfiles="https://github.com/openbabel/openbabel/archive/openbabel-${_ver}.tar.gz"
 checksum=594c7f8a83f3502381469d643f7b185882da1dd4bc2280c16502ef980af2a776
 
-if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends+=" python"
-fi
-
 openbabel-devel_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
@@ -29,4 +25,3 @@ openbabel-devel_package() {
 		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
 	}
 }
-