diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index ae98a88..b1c7cea 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ Section: utils
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
 Build-Depends:
- debhelper (>= 12.8~),
  debhelper-compat (= 12),
  dh-python,
  python3-all,