diff --git a/srcpkgs/boinc/template b/srcpkgs/boinc/template
index 2f6e8d161e6..33850b5b036 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/boinc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/boinc/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=2
 _majorver=${version%.*}
 wrksrc=boinc-client_release-${_majorver}-${version}
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config python xorgproto shared-mime-info"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config xorgproto shared-mime-info"
 makedepends="glu-devel libfreeglut-devel libcurl-devel
  libjpeg-turbo-devel libnotify-devel sqlite-devel libxcb-devel
  libXmu-devel libXi-devel gtk+-devel webkit2gtk-devel wxWidgets-gtk3-devel"