diff --git a/srcpkgs/hexchat/template b/srcpkgs/hexchat/template
index d4fc394fa1f..76b2858cf69 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/hexchat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/hexchat/template
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ makedepends="gtk+-devel libressl-devel dbus-glib-devel perl libnotify-devel
  libcanberra-devel libxml2-devel pciutils-devel libproxy-devel LuaJIT-devel
  iso-codes python3-devel"
 depends="desktop-file-utils enchant"
-build_style=meson
 short_desc="A GTK+ based IRC client successor of Xchat"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"