diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-Parse-CPAN-Meta/template b/srcpkgs/perl-Parse-CPAN-Meta/template
index c54861eb79a..86f9791a6a5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-Parse-CPAN-Meta/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-Parse-CPAN-Meta/template
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ pkgname=perl-Parse-CPAN-Meta
 version=1.4404
 revision=3
 wrksrc="Parse-CPAN-Meta-${version}"
-makedepends="perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML"
+hostmakedepends="perl>=5.18"
+makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
 depends="${makedepends}"
 noarch="yes"
 build_style=perl-module