diff --git a/srcpkgs/rmlint/template b/srcpkgs/rmlint/template
index daeea9a8103..ad10e5dbb2a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rmlint/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rmlint/template
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ pkgname=rmlint
 version=2.7.0
 revision=1
 build_style=scons
-hostmakedepends="scons pkg-config python3-Sphinx glib-devel"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3-Sphinx glib-devel"
 makedepends="libblkid-devel elfutils-devel json-glib-devel"
 pycompile_module="shredder"
 short_desc="Extremely fast tool to remove duplicates"
 maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://rmlint.rtfd.org/"
-distfiles="https://github.com/sahib/$pkgname/archive/v$version.tar.gz"
+distfiles="https://github.com/sahib/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=174aaf4a3fd4c2911b7ddffd2804c6b940e38bedbb5cf2a6ec51b552cf919c33
 
 do_install() {