diff --git a/srcpkgs/rawtherapee/template b/srcpkgs/rawtherapee/template
index 744aa656ec2..124272b6c00 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rawtherapee/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rawtherapee/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=rawtherapee
 version=4.2
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
-hostmakedepends="cmake pkg-config mercurial"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config mercurial"
 makedepends="fftw-devel libcanberra-devel libpng-devel gtkmm2-devel
  lcms2-devel libiptcdata-devel libgomp-devel"
 depends="desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme"