diff --git a/srcpkgs/automake/template b/srcpkgs/automake/template
index 961deb433cb..275fec261c8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/automake/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/automake/template
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ revision=3
 noarch=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="perl autoconf>=2.60"
-makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
 depends="${hostmakedepends}"
 short_desc="GNU Standards-compliant Makefile generator"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"