diff --git a/srcpkgs/mu/template b/srcpkgs/mu/template
index cb3b27264fd..1bd87dec0a5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mu/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mu/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=0.9.16
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config emacs texinfo"
-makedepends="xapian-core-devel gmime-devel sqlite-devel libuuid-devel"
+makedepends="xapian-core-devel gmime-devel libuuid-devel"
 short_desc="A tool for dealing with e-mail messages stored in the Maildir-format"
 maintainer="Lukas Braun <koomi@hackerspace-bamberg.de>"
 homepage="http://www.djcbsoftware.nl/code/mu/"