diff --git a/srcpkgs/boswars/template b/srcpkgs/boswars/template
index 7a8d91fee5c..18ccb13cfed 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/boswars/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/boswars/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=2.7
 revision=5
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version}-src"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config libpng-progs python"
-makedepends="SDL-devel libpng-devel libtheora-devel libvorbis-devel lua51-devel"
+makedepends="SDL-devel glu-devel libpng-devel libtheora-devel libvorbis-devel lua51-devel"
 depends="${pkgname}-data"
 short_desc="A futuristic real-time strategy game (RTS)"
 maintainer="Diogo Leal <diogo@diogoleal.com>"
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ homepage="http://boswars.org"
 distfiles="${homepage}/dist/releases/boswars-${version}-src.tar.gz"
 checksum=dc3718f531e9ea413cf37e1333b62a4c5e69f1405502d9c59b9e424635135e3e
 
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	arm*) makedepends+=" glu-devel" ;;
-esac
-
 post_extract() {
 	#png bugfix for version 2.7, https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?39610