diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-XML-Twig/template b/srcpkgs/perl-XML-Twig/template
index 4007059721a..0d234a3af22 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-XML-Twig/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-XML-Twig/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build_style=perl-module
 hostmakedepends="perl"
 makedepends="$hostmakedepends"
 depends="perl>=5.20 perl-XML-Parser"
-checkdepends="$depends perl-IO-CaptureOutput perl-LWP perl-Test-Pod perl-XML-Simple perl-XML-XPath"
+checkdepends="perl-XML-Parser perl-IO-CaptureOutput perl-LWP perl-Test-Pod perl-XML-Simple perl-XML-XPath"
 short_desc="Perl module for processing huge XML documents in tree mode"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="Artistic-1.0-Perl, GPL-1.0-or-later"