diff --git a/srcpkgs/docker2aci/template b/srcpkgs/docker2aci/template
index 5a2eec30b7d..542d8659b34 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/docker2aci/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/docker2aci/template
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=docker2aci
 version=0.17.1
 revision=5
-hostmakedepends="git git-perl"
+hostmakedepends="git"
 build_style=go
 short_desc="Library and CLI tool to convert Docker images to ACIs"
 maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"