diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index a8158710..03df7dce 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ Description: system login tools
  changing effective user or group IDs, including:
   * login, the program that invokes a user shell on a virtual terminal;
   * nologin, a dummy shell for disabled user accounts;
-  * su, a basic tool for executing commands as root or another user.
 
 Package: uidmap
 Architecture: any