diff --git a/srcpkgs/gspell/template b/srcpkgs/gspell/template
index a1260e9ed60..1ca966874c5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gspell/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gspell/template
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ configure_args="$(vopt_bool gir gobject_introspection)
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config glib-devel gettext
  $(vopt_if vala vala) $(vopt_if gtk_doc gtk-doc)"
 makedepends="glib-devel enchant2-devel gtk+3-devel icu-devel"
-checkdepends="xvfb-run cantarell-fonts hunspell-en_US"
+checkdepends="xvfb-run cantarell-fonts hunspell-en"
 short_desc="Flexible API to add spell checking to a GTK+ application"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"