diff --git a/srcpkgs/nghttp2/template b/srcpkgs/nghttp2/template
index 3df7cb6b6dc..d9f274bb91a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nghttp2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nghttp2/template
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ configure_args="--without-libxml2 --without-jemalloc --without-spdylay
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="zlib-devel libressl-devel libevent-devel jansson-devel
  libev-devel c-ares-devel"
+checkdepends="libcppunit-devel"
 short_desc="HTTP/2 C Library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.org>"
 license="MIT"
@@ -15,10 +16,6 @@ homepage="https://nghttp2.org"
 distfiles="https://github.com/tatsuhiro-t/nghttp2/releases/download/v${version}/nghttp2-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=9b7f5b09c3ca40a46118240bf476a5babf4bd93a1e4fde2337c308c4c5c3263a
 
-if [ "$XBPS_CHECK_PKGS" ]; then
-	makedepends+=" cppunit-devel"
-fi
-
 post_install() {
 	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man
 	vlicense COPYING