diff --git a/srcpkgs/chronograf/template b/srcpkgs/chronograf/template
index db97744b814..5dfcc1c3ef7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/chronograf/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/chronograf/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build_style=go
 go_import_path="github.com/influxdata/${pkgname}"
 go_package="${go_import_path}/cmd/chronograf"
 go_ldflags="-X main.version=${version}"
-hostmakedepends="dep go-bindata nodejs-lts yarn python"
+hostmakedepends="dep go-bindata nodejs-lts yarn"
 short_desc="Open source monitoring and visualization UI for the TICK stack"
 maintainer="Michael Aldridge <maldridge@voidlinux.org>"
 license="AGPL-3.0-or-later"