diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 3d8392da..c7cae828 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ Build-Depends:
  ca-certificates,
  cpio,
  debhelper-compat (= 13),
- dh-exec (>= 0.23~),
  docbook-xml <!nodoc>,
  docbook-xsl <!nodoc>,
  e2fslibs-dev,