diff --git a/srcpkgs/netpbm/template b/srcpkgs/netpbm/template
index f8d486d3489..b7c34ae0330 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/netpbm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/netpbm/template
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ _githash=f95b41755a0e27e4b51f5951d888b7bdabf1cb2f
 _githash_guide=ef01c3b833ded73731ca4c696c37de8a23f23e12
 create_wrksrc=yes
 build_wrksrc="netpbm-mirror-${_githash}"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl python flex"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl flex"
 makedepends="libX11-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel libpng-devel libxml2-devel
  tiff-devel zlib-devel"
 short_desc="Toolkit for manipulation of graphic images"