diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2f95619..17d46bf 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   * Trim trailing whitespace.
   * Use secure copyright file specification URI.
   * Bump debhelper from deprecated 9 to 10.
+  * Drop unnecessary dependency on dh-autoreconf.
 
  -- Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>  Sat, 03 Dec 2022 14:46:00 -0000
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 6277a9a..b047786 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
  swig,
  python-dev (>= 2.6.6-3~),
  dh-python,
- dh-autoreconf,
 Standards-Version: 3.9.8
 Homepage: http://libhdate.sourceforge.net/
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index f957256..a3ed875 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ARCHLIB := $(shell perl -MConfig -e 'print $$Config{vendorarch}')
 
 %:
-	dh $* --with python2,autoreconf
+	dh $* --with python2
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
 	dh_auto_configure -- --with-perl-sitelib-dir=$(ARCHLIB)