diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8c5a4ca..079d31a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   * Set field Upstream-Contact in debian/copyright.
   * Remove obsolete fields Contact, Name from debian/upstream/metadata (already
     present in machine-readable debian/copyright).
+  * Avoid explicitly specifying -Wl,--as-needed linker flag.
 
  -- Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>  Sat, 06 Mar 2021 18:45:29 -0000
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 85ed4a8..5b6eb29 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #export DH_VERBOSE = 1
 
 export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all
-export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,--as-needed
 
 export CTEST_OUTPUT_ON_FAILURE = On