diff --git a/main/perl-text-reform/APKBUILD b/main/perl-text-reform/APKBUILD
index 606346debf2bea3720f2ccafb28efcb5e14754fb..b3de5ce65898ea6c3da8b7b8d7f94f41527247f8 100644
--- a/main/perl-text-reform/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/perl-text-reform/APKBUILD
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ url="https://metacpan.org/release/Text-Reform"
 arch="noarch"
 license="GPL-1.0-or-later or Artistic-1.0-Perl"
 depends="perl"
-makedepends="perl-dev"
 subpackages="$pkgname-doc"
 source="https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/C/CH/CHORNY/Text-Reform-$pkgver.tar.gz"