diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 363d503..29c6759 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     + Build-Depends: Drop versioned constraint on libxfce4ui-2-dev.
   * Bump debhelper from old 12 to 13.
   * Update standards version to 4.6.2, no changes needed.
+  * Avoid explicitly specifying -Wl,--as-needed linker flag.
 
  -- Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>  Mon, 21 Nov 2022 04:48:57 -0000
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index eae17af..c477df6 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
-export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND=-Wl,-z,defs -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-O1
+export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,-z,defs -Wl,-O1
 export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS=hardening=+all
 
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