diff --git a/srcpkgs/unoconv/template b/srcpkgs/unoconv/template
index d1bc2cd0ba..6a288312e4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/unoconv/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/unoconv/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 noarch=yes
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 hostmakedepends="asciidoc git"
-makedepends="python-devel"
+depends="python"
 short_desc="Convert between document formats supported by LibreOffice/OpenOffice"
 maintainer="Antonio Malcolm <antonio@antoniomalcolm.com>"
 license="GPL-2"