diff --git a/srcpkgs/schroot/template b/srcpkgs/schroot/template
index 4ba5609f85d..a6d45185108 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/schroot/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/schroot/template
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ make_dirs="
 	/var/lib/schroot/session 0755 root root
 	/var/lib/schroot/mount 0755 root root
 	/etc/schroot/chroot.d 0755 root root"
-hostmakedepends="cmake pkg-config groff"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config groff"
 makedepends="boost-devel pam-devel lockdev-devel libuuid-devel e2fsprogs-devel gtest-devel"
 short_desc="Allows users to execute commands in different chroots"
 maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <miwaxe@gmail.com>"