diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index b1bd38b..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-13
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 33fc65c..6fd90ed 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: required
 Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@debian.org>, Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>, dann frazier <dannf@debian.org>, Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>, Steve McIntyre <93sam@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 13~), libdebconfclient0-dev, libdebian-installer4-dev
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), libdebconfclient0-dev, libdebian-installer4-dev
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 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/base-installer.git