diff --git a/srcpkgs/librsvg/template b/srcpkgs/librsvg/template
index d75066c159..bb5d8f5583 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/librsvg/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/librsvg/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static --enable-introspection"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool python gobject-introspection"
-makedepends="libpng-devel>=1.5.10 libcroco-devel gtk+-devel gtk+3-devel"
+makedepends="libcroco-devel gtk+-devel gtk+3-devel"
 short_desc="SVG library for GNOME"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://librsvg.sourceforge.net/"