diff --git a/srcpkgs/thunderbird/template b/srcpkgs/thunderbird/template
index d1c08ee3501..2c739d9e436 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/thunderbird/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/thunderbird/template
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ checksum=6f96e87e832e4089c69418db64e19afd54a0acefe3e0364087a8bc6f442b9566
 only_for_archs="i686 i686-musl x86_64 x86_64-musl"
 lib32disabled=yes
 
-hostmakedepends="autoconf213 unzip zip pkg-config perl python3 yasm rust cargo
+hostmakedepends="autoconf213 unzip zip pkg-config perl python yasm rust cargo
  llvm clang"
 makedepends="nss-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel gtk+-devel gtk+3-devel icu-devel
  pixman-devel sqlite-devel libevent-devel libnotify-devel libvpx5-devel