diff --git a/srcpkgs/photon/template b/srcpkgs/photon/template
index f5227afa800..0f98daa61e0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/photon/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/photon/template
@@ -4,16 +4,9 @@ version=v1.0.1
 revision=1
 build_style=go
 go_import_path=git.sr.ht/~ghost08/photon
-hostmakedepends="go make sudo scdoc"
-makedepends=""
-depends=""
 short_desc="RSS reader as light as a photon with terminal + sixel"
 maintainer="Emma Kadlecek <kadlecekemma@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://git.sr.ht/~ghost08/photon"
-#changelog=""
 distfiles="https://git.sr.ht/~ghost08/photon/archive/$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=507ffe1903227f3ffab4f0d92ddb3ec49db34b285f276707606e23fb9eafe3c7
-CFLAGS="-fPIE -pie"
-LDFLAGS="-fPIE -pie"
-PKGDESTDIR=${wrksrc}/destdir