diff --git a/srcpkgs/sops/template b/srcpkgs/sops/template
index f1215b6c3eb..ade18a059c5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sops/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sops/template
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ revision=1
 build_style=go
 go_import_path="go.mozilla.org/sops/v3"
 go_package="${go_import_path}/cmd/sops"
-hostmakedepends="git"
 short_desc="Simple and flexible tool for managing secrets"
 maintainer="Noel Cower <ncower@nil.dev>"
 license="MPL-2.0"