diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 4c3b8c3..af38105 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Vcs-Git: git://git.debian-maintainers.org/git/lzip/pdlzip.git
 
 Package: pdlzip
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
 Description: data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm (simple version)
  Lzip is a lossless data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm, with very safe
  integrity checking and a user interface similar to the one of gzip or bzip2.