diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pycares/template b/srcpkgs/python3-pycares/template
index cb85bdfd98..f887bb3f3d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-pycares/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-pycares/template
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ revision=1
 wrksrc="pycares-${version}"
 build_style=python3-module
 # using bundled c-ares which is patched for TTL support
-hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
-makedepends="python3-devel python3-cffi libffi-devel"
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-cffi"
+makedepends="python3-devel"
+depends="python3-cffi"
 short_desc="Python interface for c-ares"
 maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 license="MIT"