diff --git a/srcpkgs/git-annex/template b/srcpkgs/git-annex/template
index b7e933967c4..81268687cb7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git-annex/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git-annex/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 nocross=yes
 build_style=haskell-stack
 stackage="lts-7.0"
-hostmakedepends="ghc stack pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="gsasl-devel gnutls-devel libxml2-devel rsync curl lsof gnupg2 file-devel"
 # depends are utilities required by git-annex
 depends="git rsync curl lsof gnupg2"