diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index b4de39476..000000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-11
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 04c9467d8..0b5102253 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Helmut Buchsbaum <helmut.buchsbaum@opensource.tttech-industrial.com>
 Section: admin
 Build-Depends:
-   debhelper (>= 12),
+   debhelper-compat (= 12),
    dh-python,
    python3,
    python3-setuptools,