diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 3c16baa..2ed97de 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ espeakedit (1.48.15-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
* Update standards version to 4.6.1, no changes needed.
* Use secure URI in Homepage field.
+ * Remove constraints unnecessary since buster (oldstable):
+ + Build-Depends: Drop versioned constraint on dpkg-dev.
-- Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk> Thu, 15 Sep 2022 07:41:39 -0000
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index d960d64..ecbf217 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Uploaders: Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>
Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/a11y-team/espeakedit
Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/a11y-team/espeakedit.git
Homepage: https://espeak.sourceforge.net/
-Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), libwxgtk3.2-dev, portaudio19-dev, dpkg-dev (>= 1.16.0), libsonic-dev
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), libwxgtk3.2-dev, portaudio19-dev, libsonic-dev
Rules-Requires-Root: no
Standards-Version: 4.6.1
