diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index b4de394..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-11
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 4bf6e87..dcd1fb4 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/multimedia-team/frei0r
 Homepage: http://frei0r.dyne.org/
 Build-Depends:
- debhelper (>= 11~),
+ debhelper-compat (= 11),
  dh-buildinfo,
  pkg-config,
  libgavl-dev,