diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7ad2c57..f519421 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+pipenightdreams (0.10.0-16) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Drop unnecessary dependency on build-essential.
+
+ -- Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>  Fri, 12 Nov 2021 23:29:47 -0000
+
 pipenightdreams (0.10.0-15) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Team upload.
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 92caf4d..f306acb 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: Dariusz Dwornikowski <dariusz.dwornikowski@cs.put.poznan.pl>
-Build-Depends:
+Build-Depends: 
  debhelper-compat (= 13),
  flex,
  libsdl-image1.2-dev (>= 1.2.2-2)