diff --git a/srcpkgs/element-desktop/template b/srcpkgs/element-desktop/template
index 715cc1c7657..60853a40b73 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/element-desktop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/element-desktop/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 create_wrksrc=yes
 conf_files="/etc/${pkgname}/config.json"
 hostmakedepends="git yarn nodejs rust cargo python3 curl
- sqlcipher-devel libappindicator-devel libnotify-devel pkg-config
+ sqlcipher-devel libnotify-devel pkg-config
  app-builder jq moreutils"
 makedepends="libsecret-devel"
 depends="c-ares ffmpeg gtk+3 http-parser libevent