diff --git a/srcpkgs/newsbeuter/template b/srcpkgs/newsbeuter/template
index d56bde4c35..fcf3c0d086 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/newsbeuter/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/newsbeuter/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=r2.8
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl"
-makedepends="ncurses-devel stfl-devel json-c-devel libxml2-devel libcurl-devel sqlite-devel libressl-devel"
+makedepends="stfl-devel json-c-devel libxml2-devel libcurl-devel sqlite-devel libressl-devel"
 short_desc="Newsbeuter is the Mutt of RSS feed readers"
 maintainer="Logen K <logen@sudotask.com>"
 license="MIT"