diff --git a/srcpkgs/minify/template b/srcpkgs/minify/template
index 9be3e9620c4..095c1e5a242 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/minify/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/minify/template
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ revision=1
 build_style=go
 go_import_path="github.com/tdewolff/minify/v2"
 go_package="${go_import_path}/cmd/minify"
-hostmakedepends="git"
 short_desc="Go minifiers for web formats"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="MIT"