diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 56ce2be..0c60557 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 include /usr/share/dpkg/architecture.mk
 
-export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-z,now
+export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,-z,now
 
 %:
 	dh $@ --with=gir,python3