diff --git a/srcpkgs/cloc/template b/srcpkgs/cloc/template
index ed583eea08d..be2873e38eb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cloc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cloc/template
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ version=1.62
 revision=2
 build_style=fetch
 noarch=yes
-makedepends="perl"
 depends="perl"
 short_desc="Count Lines of Code"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"