diff --git a/srcpkgs/libpurple-telegram/template b/srcpkgs/libpurple-telegram/template
index c1ec13840e0..7044bcae3dc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libpurple-telegram/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libpurple-telegram/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ pkgname="libpurple-telegram"
 version="1.3.1"
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="git git-perl pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="git pkg-config"
 makedepends="libpurple-devel libglib-devel libwebp-devel libgcrypt-devel"
 short_desc="A Telegram plugin for libpurple"
 maintainer="John Regan <john@jrjrtech.com>"