diff --git a/srcpkgs/codesearch/template b/srcpkgs/codesearch/template
index fe143dc750e..288bac79fea 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/codesearch/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/codesearch/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=3
 _githash=a45d81b686e85d01f2838439deaf72126ccd5a96
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-${_githash}"
 build_style=go
-hostmakedepends="go git"
+hostmakedepends="git"
 go_import_path="github.com/google/codesearch"
 go_package="github.com/google/codesearch/cmd/cgrep
  github.com/google/codesearch/cmd/cindex