diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f547863..1e3887d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 minetest-mod-character-creator (1.1-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release.
+  * Bump dh compat to 12, dropping d/compat.
 
  -- Julien Puydt <jpuydt@debian.org>  Sun, 01 Sep 2019 17:07:31 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index b4de394..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-11
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 29be49b..eae7450 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian Games Team <pkg-games-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Julien Puydt <julien.puydt@laposte.net>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11)
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12)
 Standards-Version: 4.1.4
 Homepage: https://github.com/minetest-mods/character_creator
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/games-team/minetest-mod-character-creator.git