diff --git a/srcpkgs/libnfc/template b/srcpkgs/libnfc/template
index fbdc5187d03..5a17d95c377 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libnfc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libnfc/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=2
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-${pkgname}-${version}"
 build_style=cmake
 short_desc="Low level NFC SDK and Programmers API"
-hostmakedepends="cmake pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libusb-devel libusb-compat-devel"
 maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <miwaxe@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"