diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 433fec0..8052e82 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   * Drop transitional libkpimkdav-data, never part of Debian stable/unstable.
   * Remove obsolete breaks/replaces in libkpimkdav5.
   * Refresh patch disable_network_tests.diff.
+  * Remove unused ${shlibs:Depends} substvar from libkpimkdav-dev.
 
  -- Debian/Kubuntu Qt/KDE Maintainers <debian-qt-kde@lists.debian.org>  Sun, 26 Nov 2017 17:49:50 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 6f02dfc..2e82af4 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 Section: libdevel
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: same
-Depends: libkpimkdav5 (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
+Depends: libkpimkdav5 (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}
 Description: DAV protocol implementation with KJobs - developer files
  A DAV protocol implementation with KJobs.
  .