diff --git a/lang/jimtcl/Makefile b/lang/jimtcl/Makefile
index fe86dac9a437..d204dc175c7b 100644
--- a/lang/jimtcl/Makefile
+++ b/lang/jimtcl/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ PLIST_SUB=	PORTVERSION=${PORTVERSION}
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		DOCS
 DOCS_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	docs
 DOCS_CONFIGURE_ON=	--docdir=${DOCSDIR}
-DOCS_BUILD_DEPENDS=	asciidoc:textproc/asciidoc
 PORTDOCS=		*
 
 TEST_TARGET=		test