diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 16af877..953d5b9 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ Depends:
  ${shlibs:Depends},
  liblz1 (= ${binary:Version}),
 Breaks: lzip (<< 1.15~)
-Provides: lzip-alternative
 Description: data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm (development)
  The lzlib compression library provides in-memory LZMA compression and
  decompression functions, including integrity checking of the uncompressed data.