diff --git a/srcpkgs/mariadb/template b/srcpkgs/mariadb/template
index e6b8a820277..db79671bf9d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mariadb/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mariadb/template
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ configure_args="-DBUILD_CONFIG=mysql_release
  -DWITH_EMBEDDED_SERVER=ON -DPLUGIN_TOKUDB=NO -DPLUGIN_BLACKHOLE=YES
  -DPLUGIN_PARTITION=YES -DWITH_EXTRA_CHARSETS=complex -DWITH_LIBWRAP=OFF
  -DWITH_READLINE=ON -DWITH_SYSTEMD=no -DWITH_PCRE=system"
-hostmakedepends="bison perl flex pkg-config git"
+hostmakedepends="bison perl flex pkg-config"
 makedepends="ncurses-devel gnutls-devel libaio-devel boost-devel pam-devel zlib-devel
  pcre2-devel libatomic-devel"
 depends="mariadb-client"