diff --git a/srcpkgs/retroarch/template b/srcpkgs/retroarch/template
index fb16a8566f6..bf392875901 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/retroarch/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/retroarch/template
@@ -6,16 +6,14 @@ wrksrc="RetroArch-$version"
 build_style=configure
 configure_args="--prefix=/usr --global-config-dir=/etc --enable-udev
  --enable-networking
-conf_files="/etc/retroarch.cfg"
  $(vopt_enable ffmpeg) $(vopt_enable jack) $(vopt_enable pulseaudio pulse)
  $(vopt_enable sdl2) $(vopt_enable x11) $(vopt_enable vulkan)"
+conf_files="/etc/retroarch.cfg"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config python unzip"
-makedepends="zlib-devel libxml2-devel freetype-devel libxkbcommon-devel
- alsa-lib-devel eudev-libudev-devel $(vopt_if opengl MesaLib-devel)
- $(vopt_if pulseaudio pulseaudio-devel) $(vopt_if jack jack-devel)
- $(vopt_if ffmpeg ffmpeg-devel) $(vopt_if sdl2 SDL2-devel)
- $(vopt_if x11 'libXext-devel libXinerama-devel libXv-devel libXxf86vm-devel')
- $(vopt_if vulkan 'vulkan-loader')"
+makedepends="$(vopt_if ffmpeg 'ffmpeg-devel') $(vopt_if jack 'jack-devel')
+ $(vopt_if opengl 'MesaLib-devel') $(vopt_if pulseaudio 'pulseaudio-devel')
+ $(vopt_if sdl2 'SDL2-devel') $(vopt_if vulkan 'vulkan-loader')
+ $(vopt_if x11 'libXext-devel libXinerama-devel libXv-devel libXxf86vm-devel')"
 depends="$(vopt_if vulkan 'vulkan-loader')"
 short_desc="Official reference frontend for the libretro API"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.org>"