diff --git a/srcpkgs/elogind/template b/srcpkgs/elogind/template
index 459ad3cff5e..2bcccb2c271 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/elogind/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/elogind/template
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ configure_args="-Dcgroup-controller=elogind -Dhalt-path=/usr/bin/halt
  -Drootlibexecdir=/usr/libexec/elogind -Dreboot-path=/usr/bin/reboot
  -Dkexec-path=/usr/bin/kexec -Ddefault-hierarchy=legacy
  -Ddefault-kill-user-processes=false -Dman=true"
-hostmakedepends="docbook-xsl gettext-devel git gperf intltool libxslt m4
+hostmakedepends="docbook-xsl gettext-devel gperf intltool libxslt m4
  pkg-config shadow glib-devel"
 makedepends="acl-devel eudev-libudev-devel gettext-devel libglib-devel libcap-devel
  libseccomp-devel pam-devel"