diff --git a/srcpkgs/notmuch/template b/srcpkgs/notmuch/template
index 58759a9d981..7fbbafa5197 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/notmuch/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/notmuch/template
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ configure_args="--prefix=/usr
  --emacslispdir=/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/notmuch
  --emacsetcdir=/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/notmuch"
 hostmakedepends="perl pkg-config python3-Sphinx python3-devel texinfo
- desktop-file-utils emacs gnupg2 python3-setuptools"
+ desktop-file-utils emacs gnupg python3-setuptools"
 makedepends="bash-completion gmime3-devel talloc-devel xapian-core-devel
  python3-cffi"
 depends="gmime3>=3.2.7"
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ do_build() {
 }
 
 do_check() {
-	mkdir -p fake-bin
-	ln -sf /usr/bin/gpg2 fake-bin/gpg
-	ln -sf /usr/bin/gpgv2 fake-bin/gpgv
-	PATH=$PWD/fake-bin:$PATH
 	cp $XBPS_SRCDISTDIR/notmuch-$version/database-v1.tar.xz \
 		test/test-databases
 	if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = musl ]; then