diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e6397cb..0633de1 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+txt2html (1:2.53-4) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+ * Remove constraints unnecessary since buster:
+ + Build-Depends-Indep: Drop versioned constraint on perl.
+
+ -- Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk> Fri, 02 Sep 2022 03:52:54 -0000
+
txt2html (1:2.53-3) unstable; urgency=medium
* debian/control:
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index dc33aba..430617a 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), libmodule-build-perl
Build-Depends-Indep: libgetopt-argvfile-perl,
libtest-distribution-perl,
libyaml-syck-perl,
- perl (>= 5.6.0-16)
+ perl
Standards-Version: 4.5.1
Rules-Requires-Root: no
Homepage: https://github.com/resurrecting-open-source-projects/txt2html