diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 398998df86e79434c521cc30e7311974f53ecc39..da047482e0424adc7a65522514c66a6a25e3a3c9 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ Uploaders: Thomas Moulard <thomas.moulard@gmail.com>
 Section: libs
 Priority: extra
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
-	       pkg-kde-tools (>= 0.6),
                cmake,
                doxygen,
                doxygen-latex,
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 370e63f8c3d7dc9fff29155d8058514436dd5a8e..a6556b1003e05f9a14087158e8c2210b7d8f7c5b 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ endif
 	override_dh_auto_test
 
 %:
-	dh  $@ --parallel --with pkgkde-symbolshelper
+	dh  $@ --parallel
 
 override_dh_auto_clean:
 	dh_auto_clean