diff --git a/srcpkgs/edbrowse/template b/srcpkgs/edbrowse/template
index 5249888fd9f..b8cfe86bc08 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/edbrowse/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/edbrowse/template
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=edbrowse
 version=3.6.1
 revision=1
-hostmakedepends="cmake pkg-config perl"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl"
 build_style="cmake"
 makedepends="mozjs24-devel libressl-devel pcre-devel libcurl-devel
  readline-devel libtidy5-devel"