diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index 48082f72..00000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-12
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 8003fe35..1070d7d1 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: python
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian Python Modules Team <python-modules-team@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: TANIGUCHI Takaki <takaki@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 12)
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12)
 	, python-all
 	, python-setuptools
 	, python3-all