diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 980300e..50c82da 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 	# removing unused files
 	rm -f debian/zutils/usr/share/info/dir*
 
+override_dh_builddeb:
+	dh_builddeb -- -Zxz
+
 override_dh_strip:
 	dh_strip --dbg-package=zutils-dbg
-
-override_dh_builddeb:
-	dh_builddeb -- -Zxz -z9
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