diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 10e426f..d3e293e 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 libmawk (1.0.2-4) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * Trim trailing whitespace.
+  * Set debhelper-compat version in Build-Depends.
 
  -- Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>  Fri, 05 Mar 2021 15:16:19 -0000
 
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 dd04396..e3aee1e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian Electronics Team <pkg-electronics-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11)
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 11)
 Standards-Version: 4.1.3
 Homepage: http://repo.hu/projects/libmawk
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/electronics-team/libmawk.git