diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 416d241..186db43 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
  libxml2-dev, libgirepository1.0-dev, gobject-introspection,
 # when building from git:
   automake, autoconf, libtool,
-# for python bindings:
-  python-dev, python-support,
 # for vala bindings
   valac (>= 0.20)
 Standards-Version: 3.9.5