diff --git a/srcpkgs/lua53/template b/srcpkgs/lua53/template
index 098d700bac8..7a923690a56 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lua53/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lua53/template
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'lua53'
 pkgname=lua53
 version=5.3.5
-revision=6
+revision=7
 wrksrc=lua-${version}
-makedepends="ncurses-devel readline-devel"
+makedepends="readline-devel"
 short_desc="Powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language (5.3.x)"
 maintainer="q66 <daniel@octaforge.org>"
 license="MIT"
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ do_install() {
 }
 
 lua53-devel_package() {
-	depends="${makedepends} lua53>=${version}_${revision}"
+	depends="lua53>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	alternatives="
 	 lua-devel:lua:/usr/share/doc/lua5.3