diff --git a/srcpkgs/scribus/template b/srcpkgs/scribus/template
index d0960b766e7..d608159924b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/scribus/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/scribus/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=scribus
 version=1.4.6
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
-hostmakedepends="cmake pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="qt-devel zlib-devel cairo-devel lcms2-devel cups-devel libxml2-devel
  hyphen-devel ghostscript-devel boost-devel python-devel"
 depends="ghostscript"