diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index ec3d4158..538846f1 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ Build-Depends: autoconf,
                libsnappy-dev,
                libtool,
                pkg-config,
-               python3-distutils,
                python3-dev,
                zlib1g-dev