diff --git a/srcpkgs/ledger/template b/srcpkgs/ledger/template
index bc789cc5acd..96621502cf3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ledger/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ledger/template
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ version=3.1.1
 revision=3
 build_style=cmake
 maintainer="Dominik Honnef <dominik@honnef.co>"
-hostmakedepends="cmake"
 makedepends="boost-devel gmp-devel mpfr-devel gettext-devel libedit-devel"
 license="BSD"
 homepage="http://www.ledger-cli.org/"