diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index fa9c6ec..721c40b 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ depends=(
 makedepends=(
   'boost'
   'cmake'
+  'base-devel'
   'gobject-introspection'
   'gperf'
   'libtg_owt'
@@ -70,10 +71,7 @@ optdepends=(
   'xdg-desktop-portal: desktop integration'
 )
 
-find_program(
-    DESKTOP_APP_GDBUSCODEGEN
-    gdbus-codegen
-)
+
 # Updated by scripts/update-pkgbuild.sh for each upstream release.
 _tdlib_commit='51743dfd01dff6179e2d8f7095729caa4e2222e9'