diff --git a/srcpkgs/st/template b/srcpkgs/st/template
index 49df8d5858b..818a8fb5ac5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/st/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/st/template
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 pkgname=st
 version=0.4
 revision=1
-makedepends="pkg-config libX11-devel libXinerama-devel libXft-devel freetype-devel"
-depends="terminus-font"
+makedepends="pkg-config libX11-devel libXinerama-devel libXft-devel"
+fulldepends="terminus-font"
 short_desc="simple terminal implementation for X"
 maintainer="pancake <pancake@nopcode.org>"
 license="MIT"