diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-enchant/template b/srcpkgs/python3-enchant/template
index a3c4f9a709c..e72dea5c5c9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-enchant/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-enchant/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools enchant2-devel"
 depends="python3 enchant2"
 # needs an en_US dict to run
-checkdepends="$depends python3-pytest hunspell-en_US"
+checkdepends="$depends python3-pytest hunspell-en"
 short_desc="Spellchecking library for Python 3"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="LGPL-2.1-only"