diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 574ac88d..07f1c7e4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ libgtop2 (2.28.4-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * debian/control.in: Fix section of gir1.2-gtop-2.0, should be "libs" (and
     was set like that by ftpmasters).
   * debian/watch: Fix regexp syntax, and watch for *.tar.bz2.
+  * debian/source/format, debian/control, debian/rules: Switch to "3.0
+    (quilt)" source format to support bzip2 orig tarballs. Drop quilt build
+    dependency and usage in debian/rules.
 
   [ Josselin Mouette ]
   * Use kfreebsd-any wildcard. Closes: #634623.
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 165870cc..f7383246 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5),
                gnome-pkg-tools (>= 0.10),
                dh-autoreconf,
                cdbs,
-               quilt,
                texinfo,
                dpkg-dev (>= 1.13.19),
                intltool (>= 0.35.0),
diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index 50e7699d..feef5472 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5),
                gnome-pkg-tools (>= 0.10),
                dh-autoreconf,
                cdbs,
-               quilt,
                texinfo,
                dpkg-dev (>= 1.13.19),
                intltool (>= 0.35.0),
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index e09ed408..cce33443 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
 include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/debhelper.mk
-include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/patchsys-quilt.mk
 include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/utils.mk
 include /usr/share/cdbs/1/class/gnome.mk
 include /usr/share/gnome-pkg-tools/1/rules/uploaders.mk
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..163aaf8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/source/format
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.0 (quilt)