diff --git a/srcpkgs/darcs/template b/srcpkgs/darcs/template
index f4452bca16a..3271a0c7df6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/darcs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/darcs/template
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ revision=1
 nocross=yes
 build_style=haskell-stack
 stackage="lts-7.1"
-hostmakedepends="ghc stack"
 makedepends="zlib-devel libcurl-devel ncurses-devel"
 short_desc="Change-focused cross-platform version control system"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"