diff --git a/math/lmfit/Makefile b/math/lmfit/Makefile
index 27a0829ecdfd..674bf8785b47 100644
--- a/math/lmfit/Makefile
+++ b/math/lmfit/Makefile
@@ -1,28 +1,26 @@
 PORTNAME=	lmfit
 DISTVERSION=	11.0
 CATEGORIES=	math
 MASTER_SITES=	https://jugit.fz-juelich.de/mlz/${PORTNAME}/-/archive/v${DISTVERSION}/
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-v${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Library for Levenberg-Marquardt minimization and least-squares fitting
 WWW=		https://jugit.fz-juelich.de/mlz/lmfit
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	heinz>0:devel/heinz
-
 USES=		cmake:testing perl5
 USE_PERL5=	build # only for pod2html
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 CMAKE_OFF=	BUILD_TESTING
 CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	BUILD_TESTING
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 PORTDOCS=	*
 
 # tests as of 11.0: 100% tests passed, 0 tests failed out of 5
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>