diff --git a/srcpkgs/pandoc/template b/srcpkgs/pandoc/template
index 6eb23d70bd2..9eb3080819a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pandoc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pandoc/template
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ make_build_args="--flag pandoc:-old-locale
  --flag pandoc:embed_data_files --flag pandoc-citeproc:embed_data_files"
 nocross=yes
 create_wrksrc=yes
-hostmakedepends="ghc stack hsb2hs"
+hostmakedepends="hsb2hs"
 makedepends="zlib-devel"
 short_desc="Universal converter between markup formats (with citeproc support)"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"