diff --git a/srcpkgs/slurm-wlm/template b/srcpkgs/slurm-wlm/template
index e01f3912697..448052f3c4b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/slurm-wlm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/slurm-wlm/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ _distver="${version//./-}"
 wrksrc="slurm-slurm-${_distver}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static"
-hostmakedepends="perl cgit python pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="perl cgit pkg-config"
 # XXX: ofed, DataWarp, netloc, blcr
 makedepends="munge-devel lua53-devel pam-devel openssl-devel gtk+-devel
  ncurses-devel readline-devel libmariadbclient-devel json-c-devel libhwloc-devel