diff --git a/srcpkgs/blobby2/template b/srcpkgs/blobby2/template
index b6bb1a04904..b1054acf3da 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/blobby2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/blobby2/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=blobby2
 version=1.1.1
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
-hostmakedepends="cmake pkg-config zip"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config zip"
 makedepends="boost-devel-minimal SDL2-devel physfs-devel tinyxml2-devel lua52-devel"
 depends="desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme"
 short_desc="Arcade style volleyball game"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/evolution-ews/template b/srcpkgs/evolution-ews/template
index 1e9c027aa34..7c2c4735f73 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/evolution-ews/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/evolution-ews/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=3.56.2
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DLIBEXEC_INSTALL_DIR=/usr/lib/evolution"
-hostmakedepends="cmake glib-devel intltool libmspack pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="glib-devel intltool libmspack pkg-config"
 makedepends="evolution-devel libmspack-devel libwebkit2gtk41-devel
  gnome-desktop-devel libsoup3-devel"
 short_desc="MS Exchange integration through Exchange Web Services"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/giada/template b/srcpkgs/giada/template
index b9eeeef0500..1079028eee5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/giada/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/giada/template
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ pkgname=giada
 version=0.17.0
 revision=3
 build_style=cmake
-# configure_args="--target=linux"
-hostmakedepends="cmake"
 makedepends="fltk-devel jack-devel libsamplerate-devel
  libsndfile-devel libXpm-devel pulseaudio-devel rtmidi-devel libXcursor-devel
  json-c++"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kquickimageeditor/template b/srcpkgs/kquickimageeditor/template
index 028ae20c34f..b52e3d31bb7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kquickimageeditor/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kquickimageeditor/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DBUILD_WITH_QT6=ON -DKDE_INSTALL_QMLDIR=lib/qt6/qml
  -DECM_MKSPECS_INSTALL_DIR=/usr/lib/qt6/mkspecs/modules
  -DKDE_INSTALL_QTPLUGINDIR=lib/qt6/plugins"
-hostmakedepends="cmake extra-cmake-modules qt6-base qt6-tools
+hostmakedepends="extra-cmake-modules qt6-base qt6-tools
  qt6-declarative-host-tools"
 makedepends="qt6-base-devel qt6-declarative-devel"
 short_desc="QML image editing components"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xkb-switch/template b/srcpkgs/xkb-switch/template
index 3e85baf4b8d..9dc0c02d849 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xkb-switch/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xkb-switch/template
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ pkgname=xkb-switch
 version=1.6.0
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
-hostmakedepends="cmake"
 makedepends="libX11-devel libxkbfile-devel"
 short_desc="Query and change the XKB layout state"
 maintainer="Andrey Raugas <kainonergon@gmail.com>"