diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 48082f72..f599e28b 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-12
+10
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 79433d82..84c0b10b 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ Section: net
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Vincent Bernat <bernat@debian.org>
 Uploaders: Faidon Liambotis <paravoid@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper-compat,
-               librdkafka-dev (>= 0.9.0),
+Build-Depends: librdkafka-dev (>= 0.9.0),
                libavro-dev,
                dpkg-dev,
                pkg-config,