diff --git a/srcpkgs/lego/template b/srcpkgs/lego/template
index 6d46cd6a6e6..9605311ef9b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lego/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lego/template
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ revision=1
 build_style=go
 go_import_path="github.com/go-acme/lego/v4"
 go_package="${go_import_path}/cmd/lego"
-hostmakedepends="git"
 short_desc="Let's Encrypt client and ACME library written in Go"
 maintainer="Anachron <gith@cron.world>"
 license="MIT"