diff --git a/srcpkgs/rundird/template b/srcpkgs/rundird/template
index 8fa83b5e0dc..5ff897abd45 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rundird/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rundird/template
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ pkgname=rundird
 version=0.2.0
 revision=1
 build_style=zig-build
-hostmakedepends="zig"
 makedepends="pam-devel"
 short_desc="Simple daemon + PAM module providing an XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"
 maintainer="Isaac Freund <mail@isaacfreund.com>"