diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 94a962f0..8e703492 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ XS-Python-Version: all
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers <ubuntu-motu@lists.ubuntu.com>
 XSBC-Original-Maintainer: Chris Jones <cmsj@tenshu.net>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5.0.38), python, cdbs (>=0.4.49)
+Build-Depends: python, cdbs (>=0.4.49)
 Build-Depends-Indep: python-central (>= 0.5.6), python-vte
 Standards-Version: 3.7.3
 Homepage: http://www.tenshu.net/terminator/