diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index 48082f7..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-12
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index d32b327..7e81898 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team <pkg-go-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Dmitry Smirnov <onlyjob@debian.org>, Tim Potter <tpot@hpe.com>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 12~),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
                dh-golang,
                golang-go,
                golang-github-cznic-bufs-dev,