diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 71a4c2b..84e78b2 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 Package: facter
 Architecture: all
-Depends: ruby (>= 1.8), net-tools, bind9-host | host, libopenssl-ruby1.8 | libopenssl-ruby1.9, ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: ruby1.8, net-tools, bind9-host | host, libopenssl-ruby1.8 | libopenssl-ruby1.9, ${misc:Depends}
 Recommends: pciutils
 Description: a library for retrieving facts from operating systems
  A cross-platform Ruby library for retrieving facts from operating systems.