diff --git a/srcpkgs/forego/template b/srcpkgs/forego/template
index 35e7a791186..72ca4a02da4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/forego/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/forego/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=forego
 version=0.16.1
 revision=3
 build_style=go
-hostmakedepends="git mercurial go"
+hostmakedepends="git mercurial"
 short_desc="A process supervisor in Go"
 maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <miwaxe@gmail.com>"
 license="Apache-2.0"