diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 078271e..7ac5f0a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
       (microba-$VERSION-sources.jar); closes: #485173
     - adapt debian/rules
     - adapt paths in patches and several other files in debian/.
+    - drop build dependency on unzip
 
   * New upstream release.
   * Adjust debian/{install,links} accordingly.
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index b5d30ed..6769c28 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Maintainer: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
 Uploaders: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 6), quilt
-Build-Depends-Indep: ant, unzip, java-gcj-compat-dev, libjgraph-java
+Build-Depends-Indep: ant, java-gcj-compat-dev, libjgraph-java
 Standards-Version: 3.8.0
 Homepage: http://microba.sourceforge.net/
 Vcs-Svn: http://svn.toastfreeware.priv.at/debian/libmicroba-java/trunk/