diff --git a/srcpkgs/e2fsprogs/template b/srcpkgs/e2fsprogs/template
index 5dfcd9d51a3..c301f23ab6c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/e2fsprogs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/e2fsprogs/template
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ configure_args="--enable-elf-shlibs --disable-fsck
 make_install_args="install-libs"
 hostmakedepends="texinfo pkg-config"
 makedepends="libuuid-devel libblkid-devel"
-checkdepends="diffutils perl"
+checkdepends="perl"
 short_desc="Ext2/3/4 Filesystem Utilities"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later, LGPL-2.1-or-later"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/fatsort/template b/srcpkgs/fatsort/template
index a31c5f1d9a5..5cba67f8dfe 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fatsort/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fatsort/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_check_target=tests
 make_install_args="MANDIR=/usr/share/man/man1 SBINDIR=/usr/bin"
-checkdepends="xz dosfstools diffutils valgrind"
+checkdepends="xz dosfstools valgrind"
 short_desc="Utility that sorts FAT12, FAT16, FAT32 and exFAT partitions"
 maintainer="tibequadorian <tibequadorian@posteo.de>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"