diff --git a/srcpkgs/neovim/template b/srcpkgs/neovim/template
index a8d1754ab0c..f68999668c9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/neovim/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/neovim/template
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ version=0.9.4
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 build_helper="qemu"
-configure_args="-DCI_BUILD=OFF -DCOMPILE_LUA=OFF -DPREFER_LUA=$(vopt_if luajit OFF ON)"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config gettext gperf lua51-lpeg lua51-mpack lua51-BitOp
+configure_args="-DCOMPILE_LUA=OFF -DPREFER_LUA=$(vopt_if luajit OFF ON)"
+hostmakedepends="gettext lua51-lpeg lua51-mpack lua51-BitOp
  $(vopt_if luajit LuaJIT lua51)"
 makedepends="libtermkey-devel libuv-devel libvterm-devel msgpack-devel
  libluv-devel tree-sitter-devel $(vopt_if luajit LuaJIT-devel lua51-devel)"