diff --git a/srcpkgs/gx/template b/srcpkgs/gx/template
index ff3ea0267c8..7414b6bab10 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gx/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gx/template
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ version=0.14.3
 revision=1
 build_style=go
 go_import_path="github.com/whyrusleeping/gx"
-hostmakedepends="git"
 short_desc="Language-agnostic, universal package manager around IPFS"
 maintainer="lemmi <lemmi@nerd2nerd.org>"
 license="MIT"