diff --git a/srcpkgs/sphinxbase/template b/srcpkgs/sphinxbase/template
index e7557f5075..bcbb5d8d6e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sphinxbase/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sphinxbase/template
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/project/cmusphinx/${pkgname}/${version}/${pkgname
 checksum="55708944872bab1015b8ae07b379bf463764f469163a8fd114cbb16c5e486ca8"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-fixed --disable-static"
-makedepends="pkg-config python-devel doxygen bison jack-devel pulseaudio-devel libsndfile-devel libsamplerate-devel"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config doxygen bison"
+makedepends="python-devel jack-devel pulseaudio-devel libsndfile-devel libsamplerate-devel"
 
 sphinxbase-devel_package() {
 	depends="sphinxbase>=${version}_${revision}"