diff --git a/srcpkgs/eigen/template b/srcpkgs/eigen/template
index 244c34465ea..03d20389af4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/eigen/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/eigen/template
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="eigen-eigen-dc6cfdf9bcec"
 build_style=cmake
-hostmakedepends="cmake"
 short_desc="C++ template library for linear algebra (version 3.x)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="MPL-2.0, GPL-3, LGPL-2.1"