diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index d8b7df7..2e63410 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Source: zutils
 Section: utils
-Priority: extra
+Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
 Build-Depends:
  debhelper (>= 10),
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ Description: utilities for dealing with compressed files transparently
 
 Package: zutils-dbg
 Section: debug
-Priority: extra
 Architecture: any
 Depends:
  zutils (= ${binary:Version}),