diff --git a/srcpkgs/arm-none-eabi-newlib/template b/srcpkgs/arm-none-eabi-newlib/template
index 8bd06d8eb29..ab99690cffe 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/arm-none-eabi-newlib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/arm-none-eabi-newlib/template
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ nostrip=yes
 nodebug=yes
 create_wrksrc=yes
 
-hostmakedepends="perl flex bison gcc arm-none-eabi-binutils"
+hostmakedepends="perl flex bison arm-none-eabi-binutils"
 makedepends="zlib-devel gmp-devel mpfr-devel libmpc-devel isl15-devel"
 
 _apply_patch() {