diff --git a/srcpkgs/vigra/template b/srcpkgs/vigra/template
index 0d37b536107..34bbc697954 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vigra/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vigra/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=1.11.0
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DWITH_OPENEXR=1"
-hostmakedepends="cmake python"
+hostmakedepends="python"
 makedepends="libpng-devel tiff-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel zlib-devel fftw-devel
  boost-devel libopenexr-devel"
 short_desc="Image processing and analysis library"