diff --git a/srcpkgs/opensmtpd/template b/srcpkgs/opensmtpd/template
index 453e052132b..52bed048e32 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/opensmtpd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/opensmtpd/template
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ configure_args="--sysconfdir=/etc/smtpd --sbindir=/usr/bin
  --with-privsep-user=smtpd --with-queue-user=smtpq
  --with-ca-file=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config bison"
-makedepends="zlib-devel libressl-devel libevent-devel db-devel ca-certificates"
+makedepends="zlib-devel libressl-devel libevent-devel db-devel"
 depends="ca-certificates"
 conf_files="/etc/smtpd/smtpd.conf /etc/smtpd/aliases"
 system_accounts="smtpd smtpq"