diff --git a/srcpkgs/safeeyes/template b/srcpkgs/safeeyes/template
index ff42de3c805..f1309ff866d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/safeeyes/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/safeeyes/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=safeeyes
 version=2.1.4
 revision=2
 build_style=python3-module
-hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-pip python3-devel pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-devel pkg-config"
 makedepends="python3-devel cairo-devel libgirepository-devel"
 depends="python3-psutil libayatana-appindicator python3-gobject python3-Babel
  python3-dbus xprop alsa-utils python3-xlib"