diff --git a/srcpkgs/Lucene++/template b/srcpkgs/Lucene++/template
index e0336fa17b..965b822e92 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/Lucene++/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/Lucene++/template
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ version=3.0.7
 revision=3
 wrksrc=LucenePlusPlus-rel_$version
 build_style=cmake
-hostmakedepends="cmake"
 makedepends="boost-devel gtest-devel"
 short_desc="A C++ port of the popular text search engine"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"