diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-Alien-Build/template b/srcpkgs/perl-Alien-Build/template
index dfdc366425b..02b68824b56 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-Alien-Build/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-Alien-Build/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build_style=perl-module
 hostmakedepends="perl perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig perl-File-Which"
 depends="perl-Capture-Tiny perl-FFI-CheckLib perl-Path-Tiny
  perl-File-Which perl-File-chdir perl-Archive-Zip"
-checkdepends="${depends} perl-Test2-Suite"
+checkdepends="${depends}"
 short_desc="Build external dependencies for use in CPAN"
 maintainer="Zach Dykstra <dykstra.zachary@gmail.com>"
 license="Artistic-1.0-Perl, GPL-1.0-or-later"