diff --git a/community/gnome-contacts/APKBUILD b/community/gnome-contacts/APKBUILD
index 7ec961b93341beaeaf82422158bf753dbcbe5816..5284882aa63536af415864263171b764f44c2cfc 100644
--- a/community/gnome-contacts/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/gnome-contacts/APKBUILD
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ url="https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Contacts"
 arch="all !s390x"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 makedepends="
+	desktop-file-utils
 	evolution-data-server-dev
 	folks-dev
 	glib-dev
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ makedepends="
 	telepathy-glib-dev
 	vala
 	"
-checkdepends="appstream-glib desktop-file-utils"
+checkdepends="appstream-glib"
 subpackages="$pkgname-lang $pkgname-doc"
 source="https://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-contacts/${pkgver%.*}/gnome-contacts-$pkgver.tar.xz"