diff --git a/srcpkgs/fbterm/template b/srcpkgs/fbterm/template
index 299914c4b10..f97ecc509dc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fbterm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fbterm/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=6
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version%.*}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-gpm"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config ncurses"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="fontconfig-devel gpm-devel"
 short_desc="Fast frame buffer based terminal emulator"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ghc-bin/template b/srcpkgs/ghc-bin/template
index b6009ed7c6b..3490190c209 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ghc-bin/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ghc-bin/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=8.8.4
 revision=1
 archs="i686 x86_64* ppc64le*"
 wrksrc="ghc-${version%[!0-9]}"
-hostmakedepends="ncurses perl libffi libnuma"
+hostmakedepends="perl libffi libnuma"
 depends="ncurses perl gcc libffi-devel gmp-devel"
 short_desc="Glorious Haskell Compiler - precompiled binaries"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gpsd/template b/srcpkgs/gpsd/template
index b4a1d8d5f6e..4198bf21493 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gpsd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gpsd/template
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ make_build_args="dbus_export=0 gpsd_user=gpsd gpsd_group=gpsd sbindir=/usr/bin
  udevdir=/usr/lib/udev CC=${CC} qt_versioned=5"
 make_install_args="$make_build_args"
 make_install_target=udev-install
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config bc python3-pyserial libxslt xmlto asciidoc ncurses"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config bc python3-pyserial libxslt xmlto asciidoc"
 makedepends="eudev-libudev-devel ntp libusb-devel ncurses-devel gtk+3-devel
  pps-tools-devel libcap-devel libbluetooth-devel qt5-devel"
 short_desc="GPS/AIS receiver monitoring daemon"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kitty/template b/srcpkgs/kitty/template
index f0292dfb5c4..0b1d93b3911 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kitty/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kitty/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=kitty
 version=0.19.3
 revision=1
 pycompile_dirs="usr/lib/kitty"
-hostmakedepends="ncurses pkg-config python3 wayland-devel wayland-protocols"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3 wayland-devel wayland-protocols"
 makedepends="gettext-devel glfw-devel harfbuzz-devel libxkbcommon-devel
  python3-devel wayland-devel wayland-protocols libcanberra-devel"
 depends="kitty-terminfo-${version}_${revision}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/nmh/template b/srcpkgs/nmh/template
index 6906aa7e01b..070ea37e54c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nmh/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nmh/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=5
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-cyrus-sasl --with-tls"
 makedepends="db-devel libcurl-devel libressl-devel libsasl-devel ncurses-devel"
-checkdepends="groff lynx ncurses tzdata"
+checkdepends="groff lynx tzdata tar"
 conf_files="/etc/nmh/*"
 short_desc="Message Handling System (New RAND Mail Handler)"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rxvt-unicode/template b/srcpkgs/rxvt-unicode/template
index 15eaf7d84c3..483d4765916 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rxvt-unicode/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rxvt-unicode/template
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ configure_args="
  $(vopt_if perl '--enable-perl' '--disable-perl')
  $(vopt_if startup_notification '--enable-startup-notification' '--disable-startup-notification')
  $(vopt_if unicode3 '--enable-unicode3' '--disable-unicode3')"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config $(vopt_if perl 'perl autoconf') ncurses"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config $(vopt_if perl 'perl autoconf')"
 makedepends="xorgproto fontconfig-devel libXrender-devel libXft-devel libSM-devel
  $(vopt_if gdk_pixbuf gdk-pixbuf-devel)
  $(vopt_if perl perl)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/texinfo/template b/srcpkgs/texinfo/template
index 94dc718ce7b..c183625028c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/texinfo/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/texinfo/template
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ configure_args="--disable-static --disable-perl-xs"
 hostmakedepends="perl ncurses-devel"
 makedepends="ncurses-devel"
 depends="gzip perl"
-checkdepends="ncurses"
 short_desc="GNU Documentation System"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/util-linux-libs/template b/srcpkgs/util-linux-libs/template
index 2f639a72e07..53d166ba1e2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/util-linux-libs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/util-linux-libs/template
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ makedepends="libcap-ng-devel pam-devel readline-devel zlib-devel"
 depends="libfdisk-${version}_${revision} libblkid-${version}_${revision}
  libmount-${version}_${revision} libsmartcols-${version}_${revision}
  libuuid-${version}_${revision}"
-checkdepends="ncurses" # Some tests require terminfo-entries
 short_desc="Miscellaneous linux utilities - meta libraries"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/util-linux/template b/srcpkgs/util-linux/template
index 8a9a2e30415..2d1f0759537 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/util-linux/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/util-linux/template
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ hostmakedepends="automake bison gettext gettext-devel libtool pkg-config xz"
 makedepends="libcap-ng-devel pam-devel readline-devel zlib-devel
  eudev-libudev-devel"
 depends="util-linux-libs-${version}_${revision}"
-checkdepends="ncurses" # Some tests require terminfo-entries
 short_desc="Miscellaneous linux utilities"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"