diff --git a/srcpkgs/pam/template b/srcpkgs/pam/template
index 70d87f00af9..6ae5d7c91be 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pam/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pam/template
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ hostmakedepends="gettext-devel pkg-config"
 makedepends="libfl-devel db-devel"
 # version of pam-base that doesn't include removed modules
 depends="pam-base>=0.4_1"
-checkdepends="${depends}"
+checkdepends="pam-base"
 conf_files="
 	/etc/environment
 	/etc/security/access.conf