diff --git a/srcpkgs/librtlsdr/template b/srcpkgs/librtlsdr/template
index 17d70d1d9c6..fff974b0d4f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/librtlsdr/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/librtlsdr/template
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ maintainer="Carlo Dormeletti <carloDOTdormelettiATaliceDOTit>"
 homepage="http://sdr.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/rtl-sdr"
 license="GPL-2"
 short_desc="turns your Realtek RTL2832 based DVB dongle into a SDR receiver"
-hostmakedepends="cmake pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libusb-devel"
 distfiles="https://github.com/steve-m/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum="98fb5c34ac94d6f2235a0bb41a08f8bed7949e1d1b91ea57a7c1110191ea58de"