diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index abf81a7..4e6c788 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@
 CDBS_RECOMMENDS_$(pkg) += , sugar-presence-service-0.90 | sugar-presence-service
 
 # Suppress unneeded auto-resolved build-dependency on python-dev
-CDBS_BUILD_DEPENDS_class_python-sugar_python = python$(cdbs_python_nondefault_version)
+CDBS_BUILD_DEPENDS_class_python-sugar_python = python