diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c024ae3..3d8b09d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
   [ Debian Janitor ]
   * Bump debhelper from old 9 to 12.
+  * Set debhelper-compat version in Build-Depends.
 
  -- Ondřej Nový <onovy@debian.org>  Mon, 01 Oct 2018 09:41:33 +0200
 
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 9550e98..f5f07eb 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Section: python
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Agustin Henze <tin@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 12~),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
  dh-python,
  python3-all,
  python3-setuptools,