diff --git a/srcpkgs/pkg-config/template b/srcpkgs/pkg-config/template
index 99c83bcf989..1fde5b9b67f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pkg-config/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pkg-config/template
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ revision=2
 bootstrap=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-internal-glib --disable-host-tool"
-# required for gcc6 bootstrap
-hostmakedepends="gcc"
 short_desc="System for managing library compile/link flags"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2"