diff --git a/srcpkgs/pycurl/template b/srcpkgs/pycurl/template
index e6ae622ae56..140f4d4284b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pycurl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pycurl/template
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'pycurl'
 pkgname=pycurl
 version=7.19.0
-revision=3
+revision=4
 build_style=python-module
+hostmakedepends="python-devel libcurl-devel"
 makedepends="openssl-devel libcurl-devel python-devel"
 pycompile_module="curl"
 short_desc="Python interface to the CURL library"
@@ -11,7 +12,3 @@ license="LGPL-2.1/MIT"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 distfiles="http://pycurl.sourceforge.net/download/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=eb782dfcc5a7c023539a077462b83c167e178128ee9f7201665b9fbb1a8b0642
-long_desc="
- PycURL is a Python interface to libcurl. PycURL can be used to fetch objects
- identified by a URL from a Python program, similar to the urllib Python
- module. PycURL is mature, very fast, and supports a lot of features."