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 2ccb05e..541cc7c 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Anton Zinoviev <zinoviev@debian.org>,
            Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 13~), dh-di, po-debconf (>= 0.5.0)
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), dh-di, po-debconf (>= 0.5.0)
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/partman-basicfilesystems
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/partman-basicfilesystems.git