diff --git a/main/gzip/APKBUILD b/main/gzip/APKBUILD
index 0c61d9b28fa..8f05faaefed 100644
--- a/main/gzip/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/gzip/APKBUILD
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ arch="all"
 license="GPL-2.0"
 depends=
 makedepends=
-checkdepends="perl coreutils diffutils less"
+checkdepends="less"
 install=
 source="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/gzip-$pkgver.tar.gz"