diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 0b0ba678f15..38f96c75dc6 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Build-Depends: bison,
                cracklib-runtime <!nocheck>,
                debhelper (>= 9.20160709~),
                dh-exec,
-               dh-systemd,
                flex [amd64],
                gdb <!nocheck>,
                libaio-dev [linux-any],