diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 03d7438..2feba4d 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
                      libtest-failwarnings-perl,
                      netbase,
                      perl,
-                     perl (>= 5.19.6) | libtest-simple-perl (>= 1.001002)
+                     perl | libtest-simple-perl
 Standards-Version: 3.9.6
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/perl-team/modules/packages/libpoe-component-sslify-perl
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/perl-team/modules/packages/libpoe-component-sslify-perl.git