diff --git a/srcpkgs/pidgin/template b/srcpkgs/pidgin/template
index 34e6a30c3f2..ad3aebcca8b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pidgin/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pidgin/template
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ makedepends="libglib-devel gtk+-devel libXext-devel
  libXScrnSaver-devel gtkspell-devel startup-notification-devel ncurses-devel
  libxml2-devel gst-plugins-base1-devel libidn-devel python-devel
  avahi-glib-libs-devel dbus-glib-devel NetworkManager-devel nss-devel
- libsasl-devel libXext-devel libSM-devel farstream-devel"
+ libsasl-devel libSM-devel farstream-devel"
 depends="cyrus-sasl-modules gst-plugins-good1"
 
 pre_configure() {