diff --git a/srcpkgs/pulseaudio/template b/srcpkgs/pulseaudio/template
index 30f0a4cc23a..b153d83502a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pulseaudio/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pulseaudio/template
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ configure_args="-Djack=enabled -Dlirc=disabled -Dhal-compat=false -Dorc=enabled
  -Dbluez5-ofono-headset=false -Dbluez5-native-headset=true
  -Delogind=enabled -Dudevrulesdir=/usr/lib/udev/rules.d
  -Dbashcompletiondir=/usr/share/bash-completion/completions"
-hostmakedepends="cmake m4 gettext libtool orc-devel perl-XML-Parser pkg-config
+hostmakedepends="m4 gettext libtool orc-devel perl-XML-Parser pkg-config
  doxygen"
 makedepends="$(vopt_if avahi avahi-libs-devel) eudev-libudev-devel fftw-devel jack-devel
  libSM-devel libXtst-devel libasyncns-devel libbluetooth-devel