diff --git a/srcpkgs/texinfo/template b/srcpkgs/texinfo/template
index fabe35316b3..4b3a30fdb68 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/texinfo/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/texinfo/template
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static"
 hostmakedepends="perl ncurses-devel"
 makedepends="ncurses-devel"
-checkdepends="ncurses gzip"
 depends="gzip perl"
-short_desc="The GNU Documentation System"
+checkdepends="ncurses gzip"
+short_desc="GNU Documentation System"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/"