diff --git a/srcpkgs/qemu-user-static/template b/srcpkgs/qemu-user-static/template
index 6686c50ccdc..8aef2e59d9a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qemu-user-static/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qemu-user-static/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=qemu-user-static
 version=1.4.0
 revision=1
 wrksrc="qemu-${version}"
-makedepends="pkg-config automake glib-devel pixman-devel python"
+makedepends="pkg-config automake glib-devel pixman-devel"
 short_desc="QEMU User-mode emulators (statically compiled)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://qemu.org"