diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e7787b8..644edd1 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -21,6 +21,5 @@ Description: Encode binary files to printable utf16be
 
 Package: base16384-dev
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}
 Description: Header and static library of base16384
  This package provides development files for base16384.