diff --git a/srcpkgs/awesome/template b/srcpkgs/awesome/template
index 7822456bceb..87e1101fbf5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/awesome/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/awesome/template
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ conf_files="/etc/xdg/awesome/rc.lua"
 hostmakedepends="ruby-asciidoctor ImageMagick pkg-config xmlto"
 makedepends="libxcb-devel pango-devel xcb-util-devel xcb-util-image-devel
  xcb-util-keysyms-devel xcb-util-wm-devel xcb-util-cursor-devel
- startup-notification-devel imlib2-devel libxdg-basedir-devel
+ startup-notification-devel libxdg-basedir-devel
  gdk-pixbuf-devel dbus-devel libxkbcommon-devel xcb-util-xrm-devel"
 depends="dbus-x11 pango"
 short_desc="Highly configurable, next gen framework window manager for X"