diff --git a/srcpkgs/mozjs78/template b/srcpkgs/mozjs78/template
index 8e717515666..b1309da0f34 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mozjs78/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mozjs78/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build_wrksrc=js/src
 build_style=gnu-configure
 build_helper=rust
 hostmakedepends="perl python pkg-config automake autoconf213 autoconf-archive
- cargo rust llvm clang which python3 awk"
+ cargo rust llvm clang which python3"
 makedepends="icu-devel libffi-devel nspr-devel python-devel readline-devel
  zlib-devel python3-devel rust-std"
 depends="nspr>=4.19"