diff --git a/srcpkgs/rust/template b/srcpkgs/rust/template
index a61676aa571..01c14dce774 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rust/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rust/template
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 pkgname=rust
 version=1.71.1
 revision=1
-hostmakedepends="cmake curl pkg-config python3 tar cargo-bootstrap"
+hostmakedepends="curl pkg-config python3 tar cargo-bootstrap"
 makedepends="libffi-devel ncurses-devel libxml2-devel zlib-devel llvm15"
 depends="rust-std gcc"
 short_desc="Safe, concurrent, practical systems language"