diff --git a/srcpkgs/nomad/template b/srcpkgs/nomad/template
index 8707ada37bf..7b53596b1ae 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nomad/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nomad/template
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ go_import_path="github.com/hashicorp/nomad"
 go_build_tags="ui release"
 _git_commit=95514d569610f15ce49b4a7a1a6bfd3e7b3e7b4f
 go_ldflags="-X ${go_import_path}/version.GitCommit=${_git_commit}"
-hostmakedepends="git"
 short_desc="Cluster scheduler designed to easily integrate into existing workflows"
 maintainer="Michael Aldridge <maldridge@voidlinux.org>"
 license="MPL-2.0"