diff --git a/srcpkgs/boomerang/template b/srcpkgs/boomerang/template
index 4c64c6ba3d6..4abda158a06 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/boomerang/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/boomerang/template
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DBOOMERANG_BUILD_REGRESSION_TESTS=TRUE"
 make_check_target="check"
-hostmakedepends="flex qt5-devel"
+hostmakedepends="flex qt5-devel python3"
 makedepends="qt5-devel capstone-devel"
-checkdepends="python3"
 short_desc="General, open source machine code decompiler"
 maintainer="Piraty <mail@piraty.dev>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"