diff --git a/srcpkgs/joker/template b/srcpkgs/joker/template
index a66fffbab25..2682f33a5df 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/joker/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/joker/template
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ version=0.14.1
 revision=1
 build_style=go
 go_import_path=github.com/candid82/joker
-hostmakedepends="git"
 short_desc="Interpreted dialect of Clojure written in Go and Clojure(Script) linter"
 maintainer="Dominic Monroe <monroef4@googlemail.com>"
 license="EPL-1.0"