diff --git a/srcpkgs/tg_owt/template b/srcpkgs/tg_owt/template
index c772b0cbb6..27a211f238 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tg_owt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tg_owt/template
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ _libyuv_commit=ad890067f661dc747a975bc55ba3767fe30d4452
 wrksrc="tg_owt-$_commit"
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config yasm protobuf25"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config yasm protobuf"
 makedepends="alsa-lib-devel pulseaudio-devel libressl-devel opus-devel
  libvpx-devel ffmpeg-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel protobuf-devel"
 depends="$makedepends"