diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtk-doc/template b/srcpkgs/gtk-doc/template
index fab172c2bdd..d70b6e00c9d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gtk-doc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtk-doc/template
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ configure_args="-Dtests=false"
 pycompile_dirs="usr/share/gtk-doc/python/gtkdoc"
 hostmakedepends="gettext docbook-xml docbook-xsl itstool libxslt pkg-config
  python3 python3-Pygments"
-makedepends
 depends="docbook-xml docbook-xsl libxslt python3-anytree
  python3-Pygments python3-lxml"
 short_desc="Documentation tool for public library API"