diff --git a/packaging/ubuntu/debian/control b/packaging/ubuntu/debian/control
index 381b0ff6..4e329738 100644
--- a/packaging/ubuntu/debian/control
+++ b/packaging/ubuntu/debian/control
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ Maintainer: chargebyte austria GmbH <contact@nymea.io>
 Standards-Version: 3.9.7
 Homepage: https://nymea.io
 Vcs-Git: https://github.com/nymea/nymea-app.git
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9.0.0),
-               dpkg-dev (>= 1.16.1~),
+Build-Depends: debhelper,
+               dpkg-dev,
                libavahi-client-dev,
                libavahi-common-dev,
                libqt5charts5-dev,