diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 96b8b559..4f5e4efb 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ Build-Depends: dh-autoreconf,
                libpam0g-dev,
                debhelper (>= 10~),
                quilt,
-               dpkg-dev,
                xsltproc,
                docbook-xsl,
                docbook-xml,