diff --git a/srcpkgs/ipafont-fonts-otf/template b/srcpkgs/ipafont-fonts-otf/template
index 44c2974e09d..4fe4476f777 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ipafont-fonts-otf/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ipafont-fonts-otf/template
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ maintainer="Georg Schabel <gescha@posteo.de>"
 distfiles="http://dl.ipafont.ipa.go.jp/IPAfont/IPAfont${_pkgver}.zip"
 checksum=f755ed79a4b8e715bed2f05a189172138aedf93db0f465b4e20c344a02766fe5
 
-makedepends="font-util xbps-triggers unzip"
+hostmakedepends="unzip"
 depends="font-util xbps-triggers"
 noarch="yes"
 wrksrc="IPAfont${_pkgver}"