diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index fc641bb..376051c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   * Trim trailing whitespace.
   * Wrap long lines in changelog entries: 1.2-1.
   * Bump debhelper from old 11 to 12.
+  * Set debhelper-compat version in Build-Depends.
 
  -- Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>  Fri, 24 Apr 2020 00:05:20 +0000
 
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index 48082f7..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-12
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 7d62c43..7e930bf 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  Barry deFreese <bdefreese@debian.org>,
  Markus Koschany <apo@debian.org>
 Build-Depends:
- debhelper (>= 12~),
+ debhelper-compat (= 12),
  dpkg-dev (>= 1.17),
  libmodule-build-perl,
  libsdl-perl (>= 2.536~)