diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a8109ce..5c41486 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
   * Bump debhelper from old 11 to 12.
   * Set debhelper-compat version in Build-Depends.
+  * Avoid explicitly specifying -Wl,--as-needed linker flag.
 
  -- Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>  Thu, 17 Jun 2021 07:55:19 -0000
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index a3a8b66..eb2b295 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 # package maintainers to append CFLAGS
 #export DEB_CFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND  = -Wall -pedantic
 # package maintainers to append LDFLAGS
-export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,--as-needed
 
 export QT_SELECT := 5