diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-pex/template b/srcpkgs/python-pex/template
index f3ed4d96e41..8d8ee2e5ef6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-pex/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-pex/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ archs=noarch
 wrksrc="pex-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
 pycompile_module="pex"
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools python-Sphinx python3-Sphinx"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools python3-Sphinx"
 depends="python-setuptools"
 short_desc="Library & tool for generating .pex (Python EXecutable) files (Python2)"
 maintainer="Daniel Santana <daniel@santana.tech>"