diff --git a/srcpkgs/openjpeg/template b/srcpkgs/openjpeg/template
index 78e0a777d6..331baebd07 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/openjpeg/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/openjpeg/template
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ homepage="http://www.openjpeg.org/"
 license="BSD"
 short_desc="Open-source JPEG 2000 codec written in C language"
 configure_args="--disable-static"
-hostmakedepends="cmake pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libpng-devel lcms2-devel tiff-devel doxygen"
 distfiles="$SOURCEFORGE_SITE/openjpeg.mirror/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum="15df7b194a5d8dba0052cd21c17a4dc761149a770a907d73fffb972078c28a87"