diff --git a/srcpkgs/jid/template b/srcpkgs/jid/template
index abce00a8353..52055ab9f9e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/jid/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/jid/template
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ revision=1
 build_style=go
 go_import_path=github.com/simeji/jid
 go_package=github.com/simeji/jid/cmd/jid
-hostmakedepends="git"
 short_desc="Drill down JSON interactively by using filtering queries"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="MIT"