diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 597a6d8..0e4e939 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   * new upstream release:
     - refresh debian patches.
   * add myself as an uploader.
-  * build-depend on jutils
   * don't build-depend on sun-java-6
   * use jh_clean
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 42009a1..9c924c8 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
  ant-optional,
  openjdk-6-jdk,
  libjinput-java,
- libjutils-java,
  libxrandr-dev,
  libxxf86vm-dev,
  libxcursor-dev,
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 87ed50d..6c91f81 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 TARDFSG := ../$(NAME)_$(VERSION)+dfsg.orig.tar.gz
 
 export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk
+
+# NOTE: jutils is explicitly included here (without a depends in our control
+# file) because jinput.jar lacks jutils in its own "Class-Path" (bug #)
 export CLASSPATH=/usr/share/java/jinput.jar:/usr/share/java/jutils.jar
 
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