diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8a2d31c..91a4454 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-desktop-base (9.0.3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+desktop-base (10.0.0~exp1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
+  [ Aurélien COUDERC ]
   * Fix minor problems with maintainer scripts, thanks Raphaël Hertzog for the
     detailed review. (Closes: #853224)
+  * Build with debhelper, bump compatibility level to 10, drop CDBS build
+    dependency.
 
  -- Aurélien COUDERC <zecoucou@free.fr>  Mon, 30 Jan 2017 22:21:40 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index ec63514..f599e28 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9
+10
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 1bb1010..a57b2b5 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Uploaders: Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org>,
            Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@debian.org>,
            Eshat Cakar <info@eshat.de>,
            Aurélien COUDERC <zecoucou@free.fr>
-Build-Depends: cdbs (>= 0.4.93), debhelper (>= 9), librsvg2-bin
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10), librsvg2-bin
 Standards-Version: 3.9.8
 Homepage: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-desktop
 Vcs-Browser: https://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/debian-desktop/packages/trunk/desktop-base
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index ed0db89..2d33f6a 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
-include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/buildcore.mk
-include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/debhelper.mk
-include /usr/share/cdbs/1/class/makefile.mk
-
-DEB_MAKE_INSTALL_TARGET := install DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/desktop-base/
-
-binary-fixup/desktop-base::
-	dh_gconf --priority=15
+%:
+	dh $@