diff --git a/srcpkgs/mcabber/template b/srcpkgs/mcabber/template
index 9b82370198..69eca68bc9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mcabber/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mcabber/template
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ homepage="http://mcabber.com"
 distfiles="http://mcabber.com/files/mcabber-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum="77466138496cc26db125145cc28dc4fc0df79827143b922dfb9f02eb0dc7fa6d"
 
-depends="ncurses-term"
-makedepends="pkg-config ncurses-devel glib-devel loudmouth-devel libgcrypt-devel libotr-devel"
+makedepends="ncurses-devel glib-devel loudmouth-devel libgcrypt-devel libotr-devel"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"