diff --git a/srcpkgs/pulseaudio/template b/srcpkgs/pulseaudio/template
index 6dbebc9694f..69f29bc9f84 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pulseaudio/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pulseaudio/template
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ configure_args="--disable-oss-output --disable-oss-wrapper --disable-tcpwrap
  --disable-systemd-daemon --disable-systemd-journal --enable-webrtc-aec
  --with-bash-completion-dir=/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
  --enable-bluez5-native-headset"
-hostmakedepends="automake gettext-devel libtool orc-devel perl-XML-Parser pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="automake gettext libtool orc-devel perl-XML-Parser pkg-config"
 makedepends="avahi-libs-devel eudev-libudev-devel fftw-devel jack-devel
  libSM-devel libXtst-devel libasyncns-devel libbluetooth-devel
  libcap-devel libcap-progs libglib-devel libltdl-devel libressl-devel