diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c35b2a2..ff2b077 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 python-castellan (3.5.0-1) experimental; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release.
+  * Removed python3-babel from (build-)depends.
 
  -- Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>  Tue, 08 Sep 2020 09:15:12 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 07d1942..e0ce67a 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
  python3-setuptools,
  python3-sphinx,
 Build-Depends-Indep:
- python3-babel,
  python3-barbicanclient,
  python3-cryptography,
  python3-fixtures,
@@ -57,7 +56,6 @@
 Package: python3-castellan
 Architecture: all
 Depends:
- python3-babel,
  python3-barbicanclient,
  python3-cryptography,
  python3-keystoneauth1,