diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvirt/template b/srcpkgs/libvirt/template
index 301a022de7f..8097b5c47f6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libvirt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvirt/template
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ makedepends="readline-devel libcap-ng-devel libnl3-devel attr-devel
  gnutls-devel libsasl-devel libcurl-devel libpcap-devel libxml2-devel
  libparted-devel device-mapper-devel dbus-devel eudev-libudev-devel libblkid-devel
  libpciaccess-devel avahi-libs-devel polkit-devel yajl-devel jansson-devel
- python-devel libssh2-devel libcap-ng-devel fuse-devel libtirpc-devel
+ python-devel libssh2-devel fuse-devel libtirpc-devel
  libapparmor-devel"
 depends="ebtables dnsmasq"