diff --git a/srcpkgs/rankwidth/template b/srcpkgs/rankwidth/template
index 873e93e1bd1..a28ca16a44b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rankwidth/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rankwidth/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'rankwidth'
 pkgname=rankwidth
 version=0.9
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
-makedepends="igraph-devel"
+# don't depend on igraph, we don't ship the binary anyway
+configure_args="--disable-executable"
 short_desc="Calculates rank-width and rank-decompositions"
 maintainer="Gonzalo Tornaría <tornaria@cmat.edu.uy>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ post_install() {
 }
 
 rankwidth-devel_package() {
-	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/include