diff --git a/srcpkgs/libidn2/template b/srcpkgs/libidn2/template
index f8e0771b9be..391811d0d44 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libidn2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libidn2/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=libidn2
 version=2.3.3
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="automake gettext-devel libtool pkg-config gtk-doc"
+hostmakedepends="gettext-devel libtool pkg-config gtk-doc"
 makedepends="libunistring-devel"
 short_desc="Internationalized string handling library"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"