diff --git a/srcpkgs/csync/template b/srcpkgs/csync/template
index 0fc0af2b56e..2daaf426bdc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/csync/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/csync/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=3
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DSYSCONF_INSTALL_DIR=/etc"
 conf_files="/etc/csync/csync.conf /etc/csync/csync_exclude.conf"
-hostmakedepends="cmake pkg-config asciidoc"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config asciidoc"
 makedepends="sqlite-devel"
 short_desc="A client only bidirectional file synchronizer"
 maintainer="Diogo Leal <diogo@diogoleal.com>"