diff --git a/srcpkgs/portmidi/template b/srcpkgs/portmidi/template
index 556becb4804..93e9f79f7fe 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/portmidi/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/portmidi/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=portmidi
 version=217
 revision=1
 short_desc="real-time input and output of MIDI data"
-hostmakedepends="cmake unzip"
+hostmakedepends="unzip"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL"
 homepage="http://portmedia.sourceforge.net/"