diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 019a302..c596224 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: zutils
 Section: utils
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-technologies.net>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8), autotools-dev, lzip, texinfo
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8), lzip, texinfo
 Standards-Version: 3.9.1
 Homepage: http://www.nongnu.org/zutils/zutils.html