diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index b1bd38b..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-13
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index fbc2293..9656d68 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Maintainer: Debian QA Group <packages@qa.debian.org>
 Section: admin
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 13~),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
                pandoc,
                po-debconf
 Standards-Version: 4.0.0