diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index d312c44..54e1e82 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 Source: alien
 Section: admin
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4), dpkg-dev (>= 1.9.0)
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4)
 Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
-Standards-Version: 3.7.2
+Standards-Version: 3.7.3
 Vcs-Git: git://git.kitenet.net/alien
 Homepage: http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/alien/