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 f8eadb5..4a8191e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Source: teckit
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>=12),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (=12),
                pkg-config,
                chrpath,
                zlib1g-dev,