diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index ec38878..e256952 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 	rm -f debian/tmp/usr/share/info/dir*
 
 override_dh_builddeb:
-	dh_builddeb -- -Zxz -z9
+	dh_builddeb -- -Zxz
 
 override_dh_install:
 	dh_install --fail-missing
diff --git a/debian/source/options b/debian/source/options
index 22a4de9..5bd47b7 100644
--- a/debian/source/options
+++ b/debian/source/options
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 compression = xz
-compression-level = 9