diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 231e39e..87635e5 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
  libxml2-dev,
  libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.38),
  libgtk-3-dev (>= 3.10),
- autotools-dev,
  automake,
  libffi-dev,
  libtool,