diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pygit2/template b/srcpkgs/python3-pygit2/template
index a55147eaa48..e95cda9aa1a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-pygit2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-pygit2/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=python3-pygit2
 version=1.10.1
 revision=2
 build_style=python3-module
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3-devel python3-pip python3-setuptools"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3-devel python3-setuptools"
 makedepends="python3-devel libgit2-devel python3-cached-property python3-cffi libssh2-devel
  openssl-devel"
 depends="python3-cached-property python3-cffi"