diff --git a/srcpkgs/zrepl/template b/srcpkgs/zrepl/template
index dd4b712b8e4..a989c805ab8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/zrepl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/zrepl/template
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ revision=1
 build_style=go
 go_import_path=github.com/zrepl/zrepl
 go_ldflags="-X github.com/zrepl/zrepl/version.zreplVersion=void-${version}_${revision}"
-hostmakedepends="git"
 depends="zfs"
 short_desc="One-stop ZFS backup & replication solution"
 maintainer="Frans Bergman <frans@tankernn.eu>"