diff --git a/srcpkgs/ncurses/template b/srcpkgs/ncurses/template
index f6f70b36e06..90454e01ec1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ncurses/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ncurses/template
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@ homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/ncurses/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=30306e0c76e0f9f1f0de987cf1c82a5c21e1ce6568b9227f7da5b71cbea86c9d
 
-if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	# needs host tic(1)
-	hostmakedepends="ncurses"
-fi
 depends="ncurses-base-${version}_${revision}"
 
 do_configure() {