diff --git a/srcpkgs/font-spleen/template b/srcpkgs/font-spleen/template
index 8ebf0b1022f..1380eb905c8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/font-spleen/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/font-spleen/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ wrksrc="spleen-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_cmd=bmake
 make_build_target="pcf psf"
-hostmakedepends="bmake bdftopcf bdf2psf gzip"
+hostmakedepends="bmake bdftopcf bdf2psf"
 depends="font-util"
 short_desc="Monospaced bitmap fonts"
 maintainer="Renato Aguiar <renato@renatoaguiar.net>"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mesa/template b/srcpkgs/mesa/template
index 97c294cfb9b..abfaa5031ef 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mesa/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mesa/template
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ configure_args="-Dglvnd=true -Dshared-glapi=true -Dgbm=true -Degl=true
  -Dosmesa=gallium -Dgles1=true -Dgles2=true -Dglx=dri -Ddri3=true
  -Dlmsensors=true -Dplatforms=x11,wayland
  -Dllvm=true -Db_lto=false -Dcpp_std=gnu++14"
-hostmakedepends="gettext flex llvm pkg-config python3-Mako glslang gzip
+hostmakedepends="gettext flex llvm pkg-config python3-Mako glslang
  wayland-protocols wayland-devel"
 makedepends="elfutils-devel expat-devel libXdamage-devel libXvMC-devel
  libXxf86vm-devel libatomic-devel libdrm-devel libffi-devel libva-devel
diff --git a/srcpkgs/texinfo/template b/srcpkgs/texinfo/template
index 8b1addad559..94dc718ce7b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/texinfo/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/texinfo/template
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ configure_args="--disable-static --disable-perl-xs"
 hostmakedepends="perl ncurses-devel"
 makedepends="ncurses-devel"
 depends="gzip perl"
-checkdepends="ncurses gzip"
+checkdepends="ncurses"
 short_desc="GNU Documentation System"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xorg-server/template b/srcpkgs/xorg-server/template
index a6a7ca7f4d7..5e48034444e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xorg-server/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xorg-server/template
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ configure_args="-Dipv6=true -Dxorg=true -Dxnest=true -Dxephyr=true
  -Dxcsecurity=true -Dsystemd_logind=$(vopt_if elogind true false)
  -Dos_vendor=Void -Dglamor=true -Ddri2=true -Ddri3=true -Dglx=true
  -Dxwayland=true"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config wayland-devel xkbcomp flex gzip"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config wayland-devel xkbcomp flex"
 makedepends="MesaLib-devel libXaw-devel libXfont-devel libXfont2-devel
  libXrender-devel libXres-devel libXtst-devel libXv-devel libXxf86dga-devel
  libdmx-devel libepoxy-devel libressl-devel libxkbfile-devel
diff --git a/srcpkgs/zziplib/template b/srcpkgs/zziplib/template
index 60a6da94452..74c093cff52 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/zziplib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/zziplib/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=zziplib
 version=0.13.71
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3 tar zip gzip"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3 tar zip"
 makedepends="zlib-devel"
 short_desc="Lightweight library to extract data from zip files"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"