diff --git a/srcpkgs/cargo-deny/template b/srcpkgs/cargo-deny/template
index dc702a35341..033e6beadd7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cargo-deny/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cargo-deny/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=0.6.7
 revision=1
 build_style=cargo
 configure_args="--no-default-features"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libressl-devel"
 short_desc="Cargo plugin to help you manage large dependency graphs"
 maintainer="Jan Christian Grünhage <jan.christian@gruenhage.xyz>"