diff --git a/srcpkgs/gendesk/template b/srcpkgs/gendesk/template
index e8d53af36e..d4614b5f82 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gendesk/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gendesk/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=gendesk
 version=0.6.5
 revision=1
 build_style=go
-hostmakedepends="git-perl mercurial"
+hostmakedepends="git"
 go_import_path="github.com/xyproto/gendesk"
 short_desc="Utility to generate .desktop files and download icons"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ homepage="http://roboticoverlords.org/gendesk/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/xyproto/${pkgname}/archive/${version}.tar.gz
  http://roboticoverlords.org/images/default.png"
 skip_extraction="default.png"
-checksum="d5a36b03c323181c514ef47c351dbf84cd42a5c3201a49262df68dd069cebe2c
+checksum="2ce30b5ab5472ec9ffa8f541a894ab9e6ee7f9d099d82b738eae4ad921dd1c7e
  4d96eded48e536d02e35727c36dc20844c2e44654e81baf78e10aee4eb48e837"
 
 post_install() {