diff --git a/srcpkgs/docbook2x/template b/srcpkgs/docbook2x/template
index 260a17a4f2f..93e1c7473e7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/docbook2x/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/docbook2x/template
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ revision=4
 patch_args="-Np1"
 wrksrc="docbook2X-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-makedepends="texinfo libxslt docbook docbook-dsssl docbook-xsl perl-XML-SAX"
-depends="${makedepends}"
+hostmakedepends="texinfo libxslt docbook docbook-dsssl docbook-xsl perl-XML-SAX"
+depends="${hostmakedepends}"
 xml_entries="
  nextCatalog /usr/share/docbook2X/dtd/catalog.xml --
  nextCatalog /usr/share/docbook2X/xslt/catalog.xml --"