diff --git a/srcpkgs/libfontenc/template b/srcpkgs/libfontenc/template
index 2656ec770a8..c9142478d1f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libfontenc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libfontenc/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=1.1.1
 revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-fontrootdir=/usr/share/fonts/X11"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config font-util"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="xproto zlib-devel"
 short_desc="The fontenc Library from X.org"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"