diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index a613381..d240bf2 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
  autoconf-archive,
  debhelper (>= 9),
  dh-autoreconf,
- dh-python,
  dpkg-dev (>= 1.15.1),
  gnome-doc-utils (>= 0.3.2),
  gnome-pkg-tools (>= 0.10),
@@ -39,7 +38,6 @@
  python3-gi,
  xdg-utils,
  ${misc:Depends},
- ${python3:Depends},
 Description: Common files for XApp desktop apps
  This package includes files that are shared between several XApp
  apps (i18n files and configuration schemas).
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index ee648ed..de468a2 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 DEB_PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=$(shell pkg-config gobject-introspection-1.0 --variable libdir | sed -e 's/.//')
 
 %:
-	dh $@ --parallel --with=autoreconf,gir,gnome,python3
+	dh $@ --parallel --with=autoreconf,gir,gnome
 
 override_dh_gnome_clean:
 	dh_gnome_clean --no-control