diff --git a/srcpkgs/runit-void/template b/srcpkgs/runit-void/template
index e31e59ce61d..8376a07478f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/runit-void/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/runit-void/template
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="Public Domain"
 
 hostmakedepends="git"
-makedepends="runit"
-depends="${makedepends}"
+depends="runit"
 conf_files="/etc/hostname /etc/locale.conf /etc/rc.conf /etc/rc.local"
 make_dirs="
  /etc/zzz.d/suspend 0755 root root