diff --git a/srcpkgs/lapack/template b/srcpkgs/lapack/template
index 76fe4af5f33..2d1a5caf7df 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lapack/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lapack/template
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ configure_args="
  -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH=ON -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF
  -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON -DCMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER=gfortran
  -DCMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS=-fPIC -DCBLAS=ON -DLAPACKE=ON -DBUILD_DEPRECATED=ON"
-hostmakedepends="cmake gcc-fortran"
+hostmakedepends="gcc-fortran"
 short_desc="Linear Algebra PACKage"
 maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.netlib.org/lapack/"