diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 11174039..97176329 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ Section: vcs
 Priority: optional
 Standards-Version: 4.6.2
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10~),
-  dh-cargo,
   asciidoctor
 Homepage: https://radicle.xyz/
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index df501664..de25ea0b 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
 %:
-	dh $@ --buildsystem cargo
+	dh $@
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
 	scripts/build-man-pages.sh . *.adoc