diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 9667ea3..242232c 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ export DEB_CFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wall -pedantic
# enable draco (but don't build it)
export DEB_CPPFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -DASSIMP_ENABLE_DRACO=1
# package maintainers to append LDFLAGS
-export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,--as-needed
export PYBUILD_NAME=pyassimp
diff --git a/debian/upstream/metadata b/debian/upstream/metadata
index 3a24a9a..a8a36c4 100644
--- a/debian/upstream/metadata
+++ b/debian/upstream/metadata
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
---
Bug-Database: https://github.com/assimp/assimp/issues
Bug-Submit: https://github.com/assimp/assimp/issues/new
+Repository-Browse: https://github.com/assimp/assimp
