diff --git a/srcpkgs/thunderbird-i18n/template b/srcpkgs/thunderbird-i18n/template
index d08856210eb..064d8725bd4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/thunderbird-i18n/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/thunderbird-i18n/template
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ long_desc="
 noextract=yes
 create_wrksrc=yes
 create_srcdir=yes
-makedepends="thunderbird"
 
 _LANG_PACKS="ar ast be bg bn-BD br ca cs da de el en-GB en-US es-AR es-ES et
  eu fi fr fy-NL ga-IE gd gl he hr hu hy-AM id is it ja ko lt nb-NO nl nn-NO