diff --git a/main/perl-parse-syslog/APKBUILD b/main/perl-parse-syslog/APKBUILD
index 42a3763956ecc4cec17d0658b9e5a9db1c30e651..a22b83ca139abe188ea2abd0ecf4d976f8ab04b1 100644
--- a/main/perl-parse-syslog/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/perl-parse-syslog/APKBUILD
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ url="https://metacpan.org/release/Parse-Syslog/"
 arch="noarch"
 license="GPL-1.0-or-later OR Artistic-1.0-Perl"
 depends="perl"
-makedepends="perl-dev"
 subpackages="$pkgname-doc"
 source="https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/D/DS/DSCHWEI/Parse-Syslog-$pkgver.tar.gz
 	remove-locale-tests.patch"